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Young farm entrepreneurs 75th Anniversary Foster Farms celebrates milestone as Central Valley poultry processor.

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AgFest gives young farmers, ranchers chance to complete years of work By CRAIG W. ANDERSON Business Journal writer

Carnegie Rocks! Valley’s newest arts center honors range of cultural expression.

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Food Fix Local chef gets backing for food truck venture through Kickstarter.

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WHAT’S INSIDE Publisher’s Notes............Page 2 Briefs.....................Pages 44, 45 Legals....................Pages 46, 47

STOCKTON – Jessica Teresi carefully groomed her sheep in preparation for showing at San Joaquin County’s Ag Fest on a warm afternoon in mid-June. For the teenage agricultural entrepreneur, the livestock show was the culmination of months of hard work, and she was looking to maximize her results. “I’ve raised sheep all through 4-H and high school and am a member of the California Junior Livestock Association and have shown sheep up and down the state in competitions,” said Teresi, who graduated from Lodi High School last year. “I’m the first in our family to raise and show livestock, in this case sheep.” Teresi and dozens of the other teens nearly missed that opportunity to compete and be rewarded for their efforts this year when officials canceled the San Joaquin County Fair and the livestock show that went with it. With the promise they could use the county

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Jessica Teresi, the first in her family to raise livestock, learned through 4-H how to breed and raise sheep as well as how to build a business.

fairgrounds for free, parents and volunteers scrambled over the winter to organize AgFest so members of Future Farmers of America and 4-H could complete their projects. “Some of these exhibitors have been working since they

were 10 or 11 yrs old,” said AgFest President Tim Sunbury. “Many of the exhibitors have a goal to succeed on a year-over-year basis.” In all, 650 children and teens showed 1,125 animals at AgFest, which ran from June 17-21. For many children, the money

they raise from selling their livestock goes to pay for college. For others, it’s a chance to experience entrepreneurship in an agricultural setting. Roy Yates, a 2013 graduate of Please see AGFEST Page 4

Start-ups, non-profits flock to Stockton’s Café Coop By SONYA HERRERA Business Journal writer STOCKTON – Café Co-Op or Café Coop? Though not intended, the latter pronunciation stuck. “It is a co-op, but because a lot of people didn’t know what a co-op was, they started calling it ‘coop,’ so we went

with that,” said Esperanza Vielma, executive director and founder of Café Coop. “And then, since we do incubate both the non-profits and the start-up companies, everybody liked the name, in terms of ‘chicken coop,’ I think. Either way is correct now.” So came to be named the business incubator headquar-

tered in downtown Stockton. The company currently serves close to 30 different members, including organizations like PUENTES, Placeholder Magazine, San Joaquin County Bike Coalition, and Restore the Delta. But what exactly is a business incubator? According to the National Business Incubator Association,

a business incubator offers “management guidance, technical assistance and consulting tailored to young growing companies.” To this aim, business incubation companies provide their members with networking opportunities, office space, tech support and access to shared services and equipment. Please see COOP Page 6

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Sweet land of liberty Your Medical Space Specialist

The Fourth of July represents a very important time for the citizens of the United States. It’s a time to reflect and appreciate the men and women who sacrificed so much to keep our great nation free. What does freedom mean? According to Webster’s dictionary it’s “a state of exemption from the power or control of another; liberty; exempSharon tion from slavAlley Calone ery, servitude, confinement, or constraint.” We have been very fortunate to live in the best of times. You can dream big, work hard and achieve any level of success you desire. The magnetism of American freedom continues to draw people from all around the globe. Why? It is because we offer tremendous opportunities. The United States is the land of the free, home of the brave. Take time this Independence Day and reflect on the many freedoms you enjoy each day. It’s a great way to check yourself and realign your thoughts in a positive direction. I’m a big believer in the power of positive thinking. Don’t get caught up in negativity. It’s certainly easy to do. We live in ever changing times and I, for one, will not forget the many sacrifices made for our freedoms. So much so, that a young woman from Michigan could move to California without connections but with determination and sheer willpower to build a positive business newspaper serving our Central Valley. That in itself never ceases to amaze me. I’m blessed, and I thank God for giving me the grace to acknowledge it. Thanks to all the men and women who have served our great country. Without your sacrifices we would not be free today. Of course, I thank my son Blake and all the servicemen and women for taking the vow to serve and protect our nation. May you have a wonderful Fourth of July, enjoy your families and friends and toast America, one nation under God with liberty and justice for all! I’d like to share some wonderful Independence Day quotes: Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. –Thomas Paine The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men. –Franklin D. Roosevelt This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of

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the brave. –Elmer Davis Let freedom never perish in your hands. –Joseph Addison Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. –Louis D. Brandeis If our country is worth dying for in time of war, let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace. –Hamilton Fish In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. –Franklin D. Roosevelt Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. –Dwight D. Eisenhower We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. –William Faulkner Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. –Albert Camus Summer is here and that means fair time! Sadly, the San Joaquin County Fair is on hiatus for a year. Let’s hope organizers can find a way to bring it back. In the meantime, some community members have taken the initiative to save parts of the fair -- importantly, the livestock show and auction that 4-H and FFA kids take part in. It’s a big deal. Many children and teens have been working on projects for years, and canceling livestock events in our county would have meant they’d have to go elsewhere or not show at all. Some children use the money they earn from raising livestock to pay for college or to start their own businesses. We feature several of these young livestock entrepreneurs in our front page story about AgFest. I encourage you to read it. If the midway rides and music are what you love about the fair, you’re in luck. The San Joaquin County Family Fair runs July 2-6 and features rides and concerts. It’s all happening at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. And, of course, the Stanislaus County Fair will be from July 11-20 in Turlock. Some fantastic acts will be there, including Kansas, Kool and the Gang, Loverboy and Three Dog Night. There is also a rodeo, livestock shows, truck pulls and a laser show. It’s important to remember that what we think of as our county fairs are actually run by state agencies. The fair in Stanislaus County is officially called the 38th District Agricultural Association. However, the state stopped funding the fairs in 2012. So, if you want to keep these wonderful community traditions alive, keeping attendance up is the only way to do it. God Bless America, Sharon Alley Calone, Practicing freedom of speech in the Central Valley!

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Valley companies among first to receive tax credits SACRAMENTO – Three companies doing business in the Central Valley are among the first 29 business statewide to receive tax credits from the state’s California Competes tax credit allocation program. The California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC) Committee approved $28.9 million in tax credits June 19 for fiscal year 2013-14. The first round of tax credit awards is expected to create almost 6,000 jobs and generate over $2 billion in investments in California. “These credits provide significant incentives for companies to invest, create jobs and strengthen California’s economy,” said State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, a member of the California Competes Tax Credit Committee. “Unlike some tax incentive programs, this one has a competitive selection process and requires real accountability from businesses. To be awarded credits, companies must demonstrate how the credits will help create jobs and then make the investments they promise.” Flowers Baking Company in Modesto, Amazon Fulfillment Services in Tracy and Professional Asbestos and Lead Services in Stockton will each get hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax credits as incentive to expand and hire in California.

Flowers Baking Company, which produces Sara Lee whole grain white, Homepride split top wheat and Nature’s Own breads at its facility in Modesto’s Beard Industrial Complex, will receive a $300,000 tax credit. The agreement calls for Flowers to invest $25 million to expand its production lines and hire 20 more full time workers at a minimum pay of $35,000 over the next five years. (See page 7 for more about Flowers Baking Company) Amazon will get a tax credit of just under $1.6 million over five years to build new fulfillment centers in the state and expand its existing center in Tracy. Under the agreement, Amazon must hire another 1,550 workers throughout the state at a minimum pay of $17,500 and invest a total of $225 million over five years. In Stockton, Professional Asbestos and Lead Services will receive a $100,000 tax credit as incentive to purchase equipment, hire 71 more full-time workers and increase fulltime workers’ pay from a minimum of $55,000 to $70,000 over five years. The California Competes Tax Credit is available to businesses that want to locate or expand in California and is a program of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). The credit is avail-

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Lodi High School raises beef. On his various ranches in the Delta and San Joaquin Valley he has 105 cows that produce calves every year for sale. “My cattle sold for real high prices, and I’ve done well despite the drought affecting hay prices.” He added, “I credit FFA with providing valuable guidance and experience in starting my business.” Statewide more than 78,000 students participate in FFA in classroom work, but they also raise animals for sale, construct trailers and other ag implements, and work on the school or district farms. They also compete regionally, statewide and, for some, at the national level in assorted FFA events. “My whole family is interested in ag. When we moved to Tracy, we had horses and the land for them,” said Molly Mathews, who attended Tracy High School and raised hogs, cattle and goats during her FFA career. “I always wanted to raise animals, and now I breed my own show stock and market goats.” As a high school entrepreneur, Mathews said, “I’ve partnered with my dad breeding goats for kids who otherwise couldn’t afford them. Our goats are affordable and this gives the students an option to raise, show and sell them.”

Mathews will attend Modesto Junior College majoring in animal science and plans to continue her education at CSU-Fresno. Damon Pombo, who graduated from Tracy High School in 2011, raises commercial goats. He placed first in an entrepreneurship competition at the FFA national convention. “I picked up a lot on my own, and I learned quite a bit from FFA,” he said. “It all helped me get out on my own and to be confident. I always wanted to be on the ranch and when I graduated from high school I was eager to get busy. I went to Modesto JC for a while, but with my business going very well and the demand for goats quite high, I went to work.” Each of these students competed in various FFA events at AgFest such as dairy, meat and livestock judging. “In FFA we were always learning something different,” said Teresi. FFA developed who I am as a person. I’m stronger for it.” In addition to raising sheep, Teresi has started a floral business with skills she learned from 4-H and has designed arrangements for four weddings. “It’s a good side business that makes money for the sheep side,” she said. Ag students statewide will have ag programs and FFA chapters at their high schools for at least another year

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Hog breeder Molly Mathews shows her livestock at AgFest. She learned entrepreneurship through FFA and also raises and shows cattle and goats.

because Gov. Brown signed the 20142015 state budget that included $4.1 million in FFA funding known as the Agriculture Incentive Grant program, which Brown had originally cut from the $108 billion budget. Sunbury said figures hadn’t been officially tabulated by the end of June, but preliminary numbers indicated AgFest was a success. “We surpassed our goals so far from an exhibitor standpoint. I think from

an income standpoint we’ll surpass our goals as well,” he said. Sunbury was also pleased AgFest allowed agriculture to take center stage, something he felt had shifted at the San Joaquin County Fair. “The fair is known as the Second District Agricultural Fair,” he said. “The ‘ag’ part of it is crucial to the ag community. We believe the ag sector needs to be the dominant focus and there’s a feeling over the years it’s lost its way.”

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Café Coop does all of this, offering three different levels of membership: Artisan ($25 per month) City ($55) and Espresso ($110). Each year-long lease buys members office space in its building at 42 N. Sutter St., Wi-Fi, coffee, and a reservable conference room. The higher-cost membership options provide a mailing address, a 24/7 office key, and access to capital and entrepreneurial communities such as Keiretsu Forum. In addition to these basic amenities, Café Coop also provides discounted services and admission to networking events. “You have networking and more like a community atmosphere, so people can exchange ideas and help each other in all matters,” said Vielma. “We assist them with all the other components, like obtaining the legal information that they need, and tax information.” Both brand-new and long-established organizations have flocked to Café Coop. “It depends on what level they’re at, because some have already started up, and they just need the space and the networking,” Vielma explained. “And some are just in concept stage, and they need to go and set everything up.” Restore the Delta, an advocacy group for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, already has an office on Trinity Parkway in north Stockton,

yet has remained with Café Coop since the incubator’s inception as a non-profit earlier this year. “They have their own office off of Eight Mile, in the Spanos building,” said Vielma. “They’re still our members because they want to engage in the different resources and the networking opportunities that we have.” Subhash Sil has enjoyed Café Coop’s services for about three months. His company, eBeer, sells software technology for electronic beer dispensing. The company originated in India and has spread across Europe. After moving to and settling down in Stockton about a year ago, Sil became interested in setting up eBeer projects in the United States. He searched in Sacramento for office space, but his disappointment with the high cost of rent and the hour-long commute from Stockton led him to Vielma, who encouraged him to join Café Coop. “(Vielma) has been really helpful, because... she’s really reached out and put me in touch with a lot of people,” said Sil. He said that the company’s networking resources distinguish it from other office space rental options in the Central Valley. The Northern California Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and Alliance SBDC agree that Café Coop is one of a kind. There are no

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Café Coop’s Executive Director Esperanza Vielma stands in one of the incubator’s conference rooms where local artists are encouraged to display their paintings.

other businesses that offer comparable services to start-ups in either San Joaquin or Stanislaus counties. That needs to change, says Mike Ammann, president of San Joaquin County Partnership and a key promoter of the Greater Silicon Valley - San Joaquin County Extension. “We need to group our entrepreneurs together, so that they can benefit from all of the advantages of Silicon Valley,” said Ammann. “Forty percent of all the venture capital in the world is located in Silicon Valley.” Ammann hopes to attract not only cap-

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Flowers Baking Company celebrates Modesto line By ELIZABETH STEVENS Business Journal editor MODESTO – Business and city leaders gathered at Beard Industrial Park June 11 to celebrate the opening of a new baking facility that brings with it the potential for 100 new jobs. Georgia-based Flowers Baking Company bought Fresh Start Bakery last year. At the time, Fresh Start was producing buns for foodservice customers in California and had about 70 people working there. Since the acquisition, Flowers has finished an $18 million, 150,000-square-foot expansion that added a state-of-the-art high-speed breadline to the facility. Production on that line began in March. “It’s amazing when you think of what the team in Modesto has done over the last year,” said the company’s Senior Vice President Keith Wheeler. In the acquisition, Flowers retained the 70 Fresh Start employees and has since hired 65 more workers. In addition, the company has 86 sanitation and maintenance workers from ABM and 121 independent distributors who deliver baked goods to stores throughout

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northern and central California. As of the end of June, the bakery was looking for a production superintendent. The new bakery is Flowers’ first in California. Previously it had been shipping bread into the region from Phoenix. The company’s president Paul Holshouser said Flowers had looked at Stockton, Sacramento and the Bay Area but focused on Modesto because someone in its corporate office knew and respected Fresh Start’s Keith Dexter. When the city’s available workforce and central location were factored in, Modesto won out. “We’re right in the middle of our key markets,” said Holshouser. “Everything we saw here was a good fit for Flowers.” After a ribbon-cutting ceremony, company representatives took reporters and community leaders on a tour of the 250,000 square foot facility and pointed out the state-of-theart improvements, which included a faster bread line that can produce 10,000 loaves an hour and a scanning system that assures workers that product on carts go into the proper trucks for shipment.

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Foster Farms celebrates 75th anniversary By ELIZABETH STEVENS Business Journal editor About 150 dignitaries gathered June 16 at the farm where Foster Farms got its start to celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary. “My grandparents began our company at a time when the Great Depression still held the nation and this valley in its grips,” said Foster Farms CEO Ron Foster. “They did not have a recipe for success – only hard work, grit and a simple promise to produce a quality product that they could be proud of. Our company has grown to what it is today because we have always honored that simple promise and remained committed to quality. In animal welfare, food safety and in meeting the needs of an ever-growing number of consumers, our commitment is unwavering.” The company was recognized as a leading employer in the Central Valley and the poultry industry. Its initiatives include better defining common labeling terms, such as “fresh” and “natural;” speaking out against “plumping,”

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Visitors tour the Stanislaus County farm where Max Foster began his poultry operation in 1939.

the addition of salt to fresh poultry products; and most recently becoming the first major producer to be certified by the American Humane Association. The company, which has faced Salmonella outbreaks and had its

Livingston plant closed when roaches were discovered, reported on its $75 million effort to fight Salmonella. “We’ve achieved these results by taking a multi-hurdle approach that attacks Salmonella wherever it can

present itself – at the breeder level, on the farm and in the plant,” said Dr. Robert O’Connor, senior vice president for technical services at Foster Farms. “We are actively sharing what we have learned with government officials, the industry and retailers in the interest of helping to create a safer food supply across the nation.” Foster Farms was started in 1939 by Max and Verda Foster with $1,000 borrowed against an insurance policy. They began by raising turkeys on an 80-acre farm south of Modesto. The company now employs 12,000 people Before a luncheon for dignitaries, the company received a resolution presented by Rep. Jim Costa, D-Merced and Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford ; a proclamation presented by California State Sen. Tom Berryhill, R-Twain Harte, and State Assemblymembers Adam Gray, D-Merced and Kristin Olsen, R-Modesto; as well as certificates of recognition presented by Stanislaus County Supervisors Vito Chiesa and Dick Monteith and Merced County Supervisor John Pedrozo.

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LODI – Ironstone Winery announced it is rebranding for the 2013 vintage to reflect what it says is a significant upgrade in quality. The label of Ironstone Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Old Vines Zinfandel and Petite Sirah now proudly proclaims “Fourth Generation Family Growers,” featuring “Lodi, California” prominently on white labels with a subtle vineyards sketch. “All of the fruit for our Ironstone wines is now coming from our Lodi vineyards, and we’re proud of that fact,” said Ironstone’s Vice President for Sales and Marketing Joan Kautz. “When my dad first planted vines, he focused on a few sub-appellations in Lodi with very specific ‘micro-climates’ that are capable of producing ‘world class’ wines. Consumers have only begun to discover the unique qualities of these sub-appellations.” John Kautz originally planted 35

acres of vines in 1968. Since then, he and his wife, Gail, have grown their business to include more than 6,500 acres between Lodi and land owned by Gail’s family in the Sierra Foothills. “The 2013 vintage reflects the fact that we’re now ‘blending’ our red wines, taking advantage of the differences in our grapes from the unique Lodi ‘sub-appellations’ to create wines with more depth and complexity,” said the Kautz’s son Stephen, who is also president of Ironstone Winery. Marketing and national sales company Quintessential is handling the rebranding effort. “Our focus will be attaining quality distribution in restaurants and fine wine shops, supported by strong consumer marketing and promotional efforts,” said Quintessential co-owner Dennis Kreps. The 2013 Ironstone wines will cost about $11.99 and will be available nationwide in September.

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San Joaquin business leaders fight ADA abuse MANTECA – A citizens group is trying to change state and federal laws to curb what it calls“frivolous” lawsuits, especially ones generated through the abuse of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). San Joaquin County business leader Lucille Harris hosted about 230 small business owners as well as county, state and federal representatives at her Ripon almond ranch June 27 in an effort to organize a response to lawsuits and legal threats the group says have gone too far. Stockton attorney Mike Babitzke spoke to the guests and said a “cottage industry” has sprung up from abuse of the ADA. “I don’t think anybody here is against providing people with disabilities the accommodations necessary for enjoyment of life,” Babitzke said. However, he asserted that the law had been distorted by lawyers and judges. He said attorney fees that a defendant must pay can be at least as high as judgments or settlements. Babitzke said “bounty hunters” who abuse the ADA go to businesses looking for violations and file claims against the owner. He singled out Carmichael attorney Scott Johnson, who has filed more than 20 lawsuits against Manteca businesses in recent months.

SJ Medical Society president vows to fight for MICRA STOCKTON – The San Joaquin County Medical Society installed its new president, Ramin Manshadi, June 22, and he told leaders of the local medical community he would work to defeat a ballot measure that would change the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, known as MICRA. MICRA was Manshadi passed in 1975 and puts a cap of $250,000 on non-economic awards from malpractice lawsuits. A ballot measure qualified in May would adjust awards for inflation, which would more than quadruple the current cap and calls on hospitals to conduct random drug testing for physicians who practice there. If the measure were passed, Manshadi told fellow physicians it “would raise costs and reduce access to care.” The Society asked for donations for what it called a “grassroots coalition” to fight the initiative. Manshadi is a Stockton cardiologist. He replaces Lodi orthopaedic surgeon Thomas McKenzie, as president of the SJCMS.

Norma Lehr is a defendant in one of Johnson’s lawsuits. She attended the luncheon and said Johnson filed suit against her in April after visiting a flower shop in a building she owns in Manteca. He is seeking $4,000 for each of the seven infractions he said he found. Johnson, who is a paraplegic, said he visited the store and had trouble maneuvering his wheelchair. He also claimed he couldn’t find the

handicapped parking. Lehr hasn’t decided whether to fight or settle. She has hired a certified access specialist to advise her about possible changes to her building. “I have to put my life on hold until I find out what it’s going to cost me,” she said. Babitzke said he would like to see the law changed to provide a “safe harbor” period in which business owners would

be given an opportunity to remedy shortcomings in handicapped access. Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock, has co-sponsored a bill authored by Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona, that includes such a provision. Those attending the luncheon were encouraged to sign petitions calling for changes in the law regarding frivolous lawsuits and the kind of evidence that can be withheld from juries.

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Once-troubled senior community has new owners, renewed purpose By PATRICIA REYNOLDS Business Journal writer MODESTO – Fresh paint and new carpet brighten the lobby, dining area, halls and rooms of Stacie’s Chalet, an assisted living and memory care facility in the heart of Modesto. Situated on the site of the former Sundial Senior Living Community, Stacie’s Chalet has undergone a significant transformation during the past six months. Along with the paint and flooring, all furniture has been replaced, and rooms, public areas and landscaping have been completely renovated. The result is a light and airy atmosphere. “The facility now looks bright and our future looks brighter. We are very happy with the direction we are now headed,” said Stacie’s Chalet Executive Director Evelyn Mendez. Changes to the facility are not only cosmetic. After the California Department of Social Services stepped in to address grievances with the Sundial, ownership, management and the name of the property changed. Northstar Senior Living, a management and consulting company that provides services to 25 senior living

communities in the United States, purchased the facility in December. The property’s name officially changed to Stacie’s Chalet in April and new signage was in place in early June. As president and CEO of Respect Your Elders Consulting, a Sacramentobased firm specializing in underperforming properties, Mendez began her work in Modesto as an independent consultant assisting Northstar in identifying and correcting problems at the former Sundial Senior Community. Northstar asked her to stay on as director after it purchased the property and she said yes. “I looked at the faces of the residents and I couldn’t help but fall in love with them. I wanted to be there to step in and help, as do the other people that work here. You have to have the heart,” Mendez said. Much of the staff at Stacie’s Chalet is original, with some replacements being necessary. “We have directors knowledgeable in their prescribed areas and have a great dietary team in place. We are just scratching the surface but provide a lot of training in order to achieve the high degree of standards to meet

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Stacie’s Chalet Executive Director Evelyn Mendez was a driving force behind correcting the problems at the former Sundial facility.

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Avalon Health Care Group Receives Highest Rating. Two Area Nursing Homes Receive Highest Rating from U.S. News & World Reports Washington, D.C. March 28, 2014 – Two area nursing homes have received the highest possible overall ratings of five stars in U.S. News & World Report’s sixth annual Best Nursing Homes, available exclusively at http://www.usnews.com/best-nursing-homes. Hy-Lond Health Care of Modesto and San Luis Care Center of Newman, CA both received top honors in the directory. The Best Nursing Homes 2014 ratings highlight the top nursing homes in each city and state out of nearly 16,000 facilities nationwide. U.S. News goal is to help the millions of Americans who will spend time in a nursing home in 2014 find a home with a strong track record of of good care. According to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, about 60 percent of individuals over 65 will require long term care services during their lives and over 40 percent will receive care in a nursing home. Best Nursing Homes draws on CMS data that assigns a rating of one to five stars in health inspections, level of nurse staffing and quality of care and gives each nursing home an overall star rating. U.S. News awarded the “Best Nursing Home” designation to homes that earned an overall rating of five stars in January 2014. “Quality is the ultimate measure of a skilled nursing facility’s success,” said Larry Deans President and COO of Avalon Health Care, “Hy-Lond Health Care – Modesto and San Luis Care Center continue to lead the way in demonstrating high quality outcomes and compassionate care to the people of California.” “The rising number of five-star homes is encouraging,” says Avery Comarow, U.S. News health ranking editor. “ It speaks to care that is steadily becoming more skilled and compassionate.” Avalon Health Care is a premier provider of short and long-term rehabilitation and medical care in the Western United States, Avalon’s network of 40 care centers in five states includes skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers and assisted living facilities. Avalon’s 25 year care legacy is based on personal integrity and commitment to provide compassionate, responsible, quality services to the communities we serve. Avalon strives to provide industry leading care in patient centered environment. To learn more about Avalon Health Care visit www.avalonhci.com

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Skilled nursing centers rate high on national report By CRAIG W. ANDERSON Business Journal writer STOCKTON – Nursing care in the Central Valley is known by a variety of names: skilled nursing, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers or convalescent hospitals but whatever the name, these facilities have played an important role for decades in helping Central Valley residents overcome a variety of ailments. “I’ve been in the skilled nursing care field for 22 years and have worked with some staff members for 20 years,” said Judy Treloar, administrator for Creekside Care in Stockton, a 75-bed facility named a Five Star Nursing Home by U.S. News and World Report in its Best Nursing Homes 2014. Best Nursing Homes provides data and detailed information on thousands of nursing homes nationwide and California has the most five star facilities of any state - 416 - among its 1,300 nursing facilities, about 33 percent of those surveyed. “The rising number of Five Star homes in encouraging,” said Avery Comarow, U.S. News health rankings editor. “It speaks to care that is steadily becoming more skilled and compassionate, as managing the cost and care of an elderly loved one is a challenge millions of Americans face each year.” “Longevity in staff demonstrates they’re invested in what they do and are staying positive about the work,” Treloar said. “If they can’t do that, it’s time to get out of this business.” Licensed skilled nursing facilities in California care for about 300,000 patients. More than 50 nursing centers are in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the skilled nursing care sector employed 1.6 million people nationwide in 2011. “No matter what there will always be patients and centers will need to maintain full staffs to meet their needs,” said Amanda Ingram, admissions director for Turlock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, another Five Star center.

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Rehabilitation director Randee Villareal at Turlock Nursing Rehabilitation Center’s rehab room where patients can undergo physical and occupational therapy.

She said clients need to understand their rights. For example, Medicare patients can, after three days as an inpatient at a nursing facility, call from home no more than 30 days after being discharged and request a return to rehab. According to the California Association of Health Facilities (CAHF) a certified skilled nursing facility “provides those age 65 or over and many disabled people with daily skilled nursing care or skilled rehabilitation services, plus other medical services” and it has been certified under Medicare to meet high care standards. Skilled nursing facilities not only provide the needed level of medical and round-the-clock nursing care for patients who don’t need the specialized care of a hospital, they also free up hospital beds. The nonprofit, 92-bed Bethany Home Society was founded in Ripon 10 years ago by the Christian Reform Church and is also a Five Star facility, accord-

ing to the U.S. News & World report. “We are patient-oriented and always concerned with client care,” said Andrew Lee, executive director of the society. “We’re located in Ripon because that’s where the church is.” The Department of Public Health Licensing and Certification Division performs inspections of all licensed care facilities with a typical examination requiring three days with three or more state surveyors and Lee said his “excellent staff contributes to our good inspections.” “We’ve not had labor problems because nurses looking for a slowerpaced job than, say, a hospital emergency room are finding here what they’re looking for in a job,” Lee said. “However, I think we’ll see a lot more home nursing care in the future.” In Stockton there is a labor shortage due to the new prison hospital, according to Cathy Otte, administrator for the Five Star rated Meadowood

Health and Rehabilitation, a 100 bed non-profit facility in Stockton. “For the first time we’re having nursing staffing issues because of the prison facility using so many nurses.” Aside from that, she said, “Despite this usually being a slow time we have more than 90 of our 100 beds occupied. “(The staff) really, truly cares about the residents and they want to give them the best quality of life possible,” she said. “Staff is like a family, and I’ve worked with some of them for 18 years.” Meadowood has installed a covered pool for aquatic rehab which includes a lift so residents in wheelchairs can get into the water, a type of rehab that Otte said is good for arthritis. A physician and a physician’s assistant will soon be on-site to provide care as necessary. “It is part of our transitional care program which includes follow-up after the patient has left Meadowood,” said Otte. The passage of the Affordable Care Act and subsequent postponements and implementation delays have created challenges in Medicare and MediCal payments, but said Ingram, “The ACA delays have had no effect on our delivery or performance of services. We’ve found that more patients are deciding to go the home health care route and that more Medicare patients are working with HMOs.” ACA-mandated changes have resulted in reimbursement being way low, according to Creekside Care’s Treloar. “Partnering with the government has created tight margins and nuances with the main issue being costs created by new regulations, and Obama’s changes create uncertainty about care and payments for it. We strategize about the ACA and we’ve become insurance gurus because of it,” Treloar said. “Federal and state reimbursement is up in the air and the industry’s up and down now, so we follow the bulletins they issue.” The Affordable Care Act has added to the regulatory mix by requiring all nursing homes to develop Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement programs. “The payer mix is changing and we have had to adjust to that,” Otte said.

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SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties. Ranked by Number of Beds. Ties are Listed in Alphabetical Order. Rank

Facility Name Address

Number of Beds

Hours spent per resident per day RNs/LVNs/ CNAs Total licensed staff hours per resident/per day (bold)

Services/Specialties

Lauri Blaufus (209) 526-8050 crestwoodbehavioralhealth.com

194

.34/.9/2.23 1.24

Provides skilled nursing services to people who may have a primary medical diagnosis and secondary behavioral issues 24-hour skilled nursing care, comprehensive in-house physical, occupational and speech therapy Offers compassionate and personal 24-hour skilled care and rehabilitation services in a comfortable, friendly a home-like environment

Administrator Phone Number Web Address

For profit or Non-profit

Crestwood Manor 1400 Celeste Drive Modesto, CA 95355

English Oaks Nursing and Rehab Center 2633 W. Rumble Road Modesto, CA 95350

Deanna Hill (209) 577-1001 lifegen.net

180

.54/1/2.67 1.54

Manteca Care and Rehabilitation Center 410 Eastwood Avenue Manteca, CA 95336

Larry Huffman (209) 239-1222 mantecacarerehab.com

176

.69/.87/2.6 1.56

Evergreen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 2030 Evergreen Avenue Modesto, CA 95350

Daniel Cipponeri (209) 577-1055 evergreencare.com

175

.55/.6/2.73 1.15

Physical, occupational and speech therapy, wound & skin care and long term care

Profit

Wagner Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 9289 Branstetter Place Stockton, CA 95209

Sophia Dhaliwal (209) 477-5252 wagnerheights.com

152

1.15/.56/2.13 1.71

Physical, speech and occupational therapy 7 days per week, wound care, and certified nurses

Profit

Vienna Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 800 S. Ham Lane Lodi, CA 95242

Dorian Kendall (209) 368-7141 viennanursingrehab.com

150

1.10/1.10/1.7 2.20

Inpatient/outpatient rehabilitation Wound care, I-V’s, fall prevention and stroke recovery

Profit

Turlock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 1111 E. Tuolomne Road Turlock, CA 95380

Amanda Ingrams (209) 632-7577 turlocknursingcenter.com

143

.51/.95/1.95 1.46

Short-term rehabilitation, specializing in stroke recovery

Profit

Hy-Lond Health Care Center - Modesto 1900 Coffee Road Modesto, CA 95355

Michelle Smith (209) 526-1775 avalonhci.com

120

.5/.56/2.31 1.21

Physical, occupational and speech therapy with rehabilitation, skin and wound care and hospice services

Profit

Kindred Valley Gardens Transitional and Rehabilitation Care 1517 Knickerbocker Drive Stockton, CA 95210

Maxine Niel (209) 957-4539 valleygardenskindred.com

120

.94/0.845/2.18 1.785

Transitional care center specializing in short term rehabilitation; physical, occupational, and speech therapy; wound care, pulmonary, cardiac, and orthopedic programs

Profit

Windsor Hampton Care Center 442 East Street Stockton, CA 95204

Keith Braley (209) 466-0456 windsorcares.com

120

.83/.59/2.31 1.42

Skilled nursing, rehab services, bariatric care and physical therapy

Profit

La Salette Health and Rehabilitation Center 537 E. Fulton Street Stockton, CA 95204

Gus Ropalidis (209) 466-2066 lasalettehealthcare.com

116

.58/.91/2.05 1.49

Short term rehab and skilled health care, long term care, hospice and outpatient therapy

Profit

Garden City Health Care 1310 W. Granger Avenue Modesto, CA 95350

Ben Tuifua (209) 524-4817 gardencityhealthcare.com

104

.99/1.76/3.4 2.75

Skilled nursing

Profit

Central Valley Specialty Hospital 730 17th Street Modesto, CA 95354

Gia Smith RN, MSN Administrator/CEO (209) 248-7700 centralvalleyspecialty.org

100

1.45/.36/2.2 1.81

Acute rehabilitaiton services, IV antibiotic therapy, wound care and ventilator support

Profit

Meadowood Health and Rehabilitation 3110 Wagner Heights Road Stockton, CA 95209

Cathy Otte (209) 956-3444 oconnorwoods.org

100

.76/0.97/2.93 1.73

Skilled rehab, outpatient rehab, aquatic rehab, IV’s, tube feedings, wound care, and complex care

Non-profit

Acacia Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 1611 Scenic Drive Modesto, CA 95355

Christopher Monroe (209) 523-5667 acaciaparkcare.com

1.1/.88/2.02 1.98

Long term health care transision

Profit

Vintage Faire Nursing and Rehabilitation 3620 Dale Road Suite B Modesto, CA 95356

Dawn Sughrue (209) 521-2094 vintagefairenursingandrehabilitation.com

1.43/na/2.10 N/A

physical, occupational, and speech therapy 7 days per week

Profit

Good Samaritan Rehab and Care Center 1630 N. Edison Street Stockton, CA 95204

Debbie Zarila (209) 948-8762 goodsamaritanrehab.com

.25/.67/2.94 1.37

5 star rating from Medicare Alzheimer’s Specialty Unit

Profit

Bethany Home 930 W. Main Street Ripon, CA 95366

Cindy Scheublein (209) 599-4221 bethanyripon.org

.85/.66/2.76 1.51

Rehab services, physical, occupational, and speech therapies. Excellent long-term care

Non-profit

Wine Country Care Center 321 W. Turner Road Lodi, CA 95240

Paul Gross (209) 334-3760 winecountrycarecenter.com

.36/1.07/3.14 1.43

24-hour nursing, rehabilitation, whirlpool for wound management, IV therapy, lab and x-ray

Profit

Delta Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Center 1334 S. Ham Lane Lodi, CA 95242

Blain Lyms (209) 334-3825 deltarehabcare.com

.63/.68/2.79 1.31

Skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, physical and speech therapy, In and outpatient care

Profit

Fairmont Rehabilition Hospital 950 S. Fairmont Avenue Lodi, CA 95240

Beverly Mannon (209) 368-0693 fairmontrehab.com

1.73/.82/3.35 2.55

Rehabilitation after orthopedic surgery; physical, occupational and speech therapy

Profit

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Part of Benjamin Holt Drive, which cuts down the middle of Lincoln Center, was closed June 9 for a widening project and is expected to reopen in mid-August.

Dunkin’ Donuts Modesto Lincoln Center customers store could open by fall find way through roadwork MODESTO – Dunkin’ Donuts is moving fast on its expansion in California and plans to open several new restaurants later this year, including one in Modesto. If all goes as planned, the Modesto restaurant will take over the building at Standiford and Tully formerly occupied by Boston Market. According to the city planning department, plans call for a “traditional” sit-down restaurant rather than a kiosk and will feature a drive-through. The franchise’s owner, Sizzling Donuts, has submitted plans and was going through the environmental review process. The company hopes to open the restaurant in late summer or early fall. In addition to Modesto, restaurants are also planned for Downey, Long Beach, Santa Monica and Whittier. “We are pleased with the solid start

to our California development plans, and today’s announcement of the locations of our first new traditional Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants represents development that is ahead of schedule due to the strong interest of prospective franchisees and consumers across the state,” said Paul Twohig, president, Dunkin’ Donuts U.S. and Canada, and Dunkin’ Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Europe and Latin America in a press release. “We are especially happy to be partnering with such experienced and passionate franchise groups as we begin opening traditional Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in California. We look forward to keeping Californians running on our brand’s high-quality coffee, sandwiches and baked goods.” Dunkin’ Donuts opened additional franchise opportunities in California last year and has 200 restaurants in the state.

STOCKTON – The trip to Lincoln Center may involve a detour, but shoppers are still finding their way, shopping center management said. The construction project to widen Benjamin Holt Drive, between Pacific Avenue and Gettysburg Place, began June 9. The street will be closed until the middle of August. However, traffic to Lincoln Center has been about the same as it usually is in the summer, according to its marketing director. “We’re so appreciative of the support from the community at this time,” said Marketing Director Janelle Meyers Nelson. Just before Benjamin Holt Drive closed, Lincoln Center launched a campaign to encourage customers to brave the detours. About 40 merchants at the shopping center are taking part in the “70 Days of Summer”

promotion with discounts and complimentary gift cards to encourage shoppers to go to the center during construction, Meyers Nelson said. The project will widen Benjamin Holt Drive to include two lanes in each direction as well as a left-turn lane. There will also be curb, signal modifications, and drainage improvements. The county will also replace the landscape along both sides of Benjamin Holt Drive with Crepe Myrtle trees, shrubbery and hedges. The goal is to improve traffic safety and operations and to meet future traffic, the county said. Meyers Nelson said so far the project is on schedule and the shopping center has received positive feedback from shoppers. “(They’re saying) it’s not as big a deal as they thought,” said Meyers Nelson.

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Carnegie Arts Center draws regional art lovers By PATRICIA REYNOLDS Business Journal writer TURLOCK – If you’re planning a trip to the Bay Area for an enriching cultural experience, rethink your plans and save on gasoline. Turlock’s Carnegie Arts Center provides visitors access to visual, performing, and musical arts close to home. “Our mission is to bring the kind of art people would normally have to travel to San Francisco to see,” said Carnegie Arts Center Acting Director Lisa McDermott. Located in Turlock’s historic downtown district, the Carnegie Arts Center resides in an 18,000 square foot custom built space that also incorporates Turlock’s original library building. Opened in August 2011, the Center is wrapping up its third season in its new facility and has hosted visual arts exhibits featuring the works of internationally recognized artists such as Ansel Adams, Pablo Picasso, and Edgar Degas. Carnegie will kick off the 2014-15 season on Sept. 14 with an exhibit highlighting the print making work of mid-20th century Spanish surrealist Joan Miró. The venue features two galleries, a performance and productions facility, classrooms for art classes, and a gift store, which has enabled the Center to broaden

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not have this building. It was our Phoenix moment, rising from the ashes. The effort to recover from the fire demonstrates the commitment from and resilience of this community,” said McDermott. Rather than piece the Center back together in phases, a $7.5 million project intended to preserve the historic value of the library while incorporating new

high quality venues for displays and performances was envisioned and fundraising efforts began. As a result of the recession and its impact on the construction industry, the bid to rebuild the new Center came in $2 million under budget, enabling capital funds from the city to cover the new larger space. “We were able to put all fundraising money into an endowment fund where the principle remains untouchable and interest is available for operating expenses that secure our future,” McDermott said. With a nod to the past, the redesigned Center includes the enclosure of some of the library’s original outer walls and windows within the new lobby area, the remaining blackened evidence of the fire on the bricks proudly displayed. The new construction also includes the premier Ferrari Gallery; a space designed with museum quality features such as temperature, lighting, and humidity controls necessary for displaying valuable works of art. Moveable interior walls adjust the size of the space unique to each exhibit. The Gemperle gallery resides on the upper level of the library, and the “Loft,” adjacent to the Ferrari Gallery, has theater-class lighting and media equipment suitable Please see CARNEGIE Page 27

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topical medications, and making sure residents remember to take their medicine. The RN also keeps in touch with doctors and pharmacies, but does not administer any medication directly. “We take the worry away from the residents and their families by making sure medications aren’t missed and don’t run out,” Mendez said. Still, the residents are encouraged to make as many decisions for themselves as they are able to. “Our residents are served meals restaurant style. The more decisions a resident can make, the better, even if it is as simple as where they choose to sit. It can make a difference,” said Stacie’s Chalet Community Relations Director Patty King. Providing residents with a variety of available options of how he or she spends the day is important for maintaining a sense of independence as well. An atrium provides a sitting area where residents can visit with one another while a downstairs media room offers residents an area to gather and watch television or share in other activities. An activities director organizes daily events in the dining area. “We have an on-site hair stylist. Some of our residents were used to having their hair done every week prior to living here and they can still enjoy that,” King said. Modesto’s Stacie’s Chalet is currently home to 60 residents, with a capacity for 96. The facility is growing with new residents moving in every week. “The goal is for growth at a pace that is comfortable for our staff so that intake is smooth and allows us to take the time to get to know residents and their families,” said Mendez. Marketing efforts to attract residents include direct mail campaigns, advertising in local newspapers, and a website that will be up soon. Along with providing support of local organizations such as the Alzheimer’s Support Group, Stacie’s Chalet works with doctors’ offices and hospital discharge managers. A close working relationship with the local community is perhaps the best method of communicating the benefits Stacie’s Chalet offers to the aging. Mendez is impressed with the outpouring of interest and help that Modesto has provided so far. “We are proud of the local community and the way they have embraced us and given us support in our hour of need. People have donated hundreds of books, some in large print and on audio as well,” she said. Stacie’s Chalet plans to extend the current library to include a cybercafé, and Mendez is excited to invite younger members of the community such as high school students to teach seniors how to use new technology.

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The Central Valley’s foreclosure rates continued to fall in April and are less than half the national rate, according to data released in June from CoreLogic. The rate of Modesto area foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans was 0.75 percent for the month of April, a decrease of 0.69 percentage points compared to April 2013 when the rate was 1.44 percent. Foreclosure activity in Modesto was lower than

the national foreclosure rate, which was 1.77 percent for April 2014. In the Stockton-Lodi area foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans was 0.86 percent in April, down 0.74 percentage points compared to April 2013 when the rate was 1.60 percent. Foreclosure activity in Stockton-Lodi was also lower than April’s national foreclosure rate. Mortgage delinquency rates were also down. In Modesto, 2.94 percent

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In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties. Ranked by Number of Visitors in 2013 Rank

Attraction Name Address

Top Local Contact Phone Web Address

Year Established

Number of Visitors in 2013

Operating Days and Hours

Roy Fetherolf (209) 824-2400 bigleaguedreams.com

400,040

Mon-Fri 4 pm - 11pm Sat-Sun 8 am - 11pm

Adult slow pitch softball leagues, baseball, fastpitch & softball tournaments, indoor soccer, special events, and restaurant

2006

Concerts, family shows, sporting events, meetings and conferences

2005

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Big League Dreams-Manteca 1077 Milo Candini Drive Manteca, CA 95337

Stockton Arena 248 W. Fremont Street Stockton, CA 95203

SMG Stockton Management (209) 373-1400 stocktonlive.com

300,000

Varies based on show

Stockton Thunder 248 W. Fremont Street Stockton, CA 95203

Brian Sandy, President (209) 373-1500 stocktonthunder.com

252,446

Season runs from October to April; please see website for ticket information, game dates, and times

Minor league hockey team with a 72-game season Affiliate for NHL, New York Islanders and San Jose Sharks

2005

Stockton Ports Baseball 404 W. Fremont Street Stockton, CA 95203

220,000

April - August Days and Times Varies by games

Minor league baseball team Oakland A’s affiliated Other special events held at stadium.

1941

Gallo Center for the Arts 1000 I Street Modesto, CA 95354

175,000

Varies by event schedule Visit Web site

Entertainment and arts complex Preforming arts venue

2007

The Grand Theatre Center for the Arts 715 Central Avenue Tracy, CA 95376

45,000 +

Mon - Thurs 10 am - 6 pm Fri 10 am - 5 pm Sat 10 am - 2 pm

Art gallery, special art exhibits, arts and dance classes, plays, dance recitals,and concerts

2006

The New Stockton 99 Speedway 4105 N. Wilson Way Stockton, CA 95205

Carol Noceti (209) 466-9999 stockton99.com

80,000

Saturday Nights 4 pm till races end

Nascar and stock car racing, swap meets and drifting a Rusty Wallace experience. Go-Carts at the little 99 speedway

1947

Bob Hope Theatre 242 E. Main Street Stockton, CA 95202

SMG Stockton Management (209) 337-4673 stocktonlive.com

30,000

Varies by event

Concerts, comedy shows and movie nights

1912

Tod Ruhstaller (209) 940-6300 hagginmuseum.org

25,000

Wed - Fri 1:30 pm - 5 pm Sat - Sun Noon - 5 pm 1st and 3rd Thurs 1:30 pm - 9 pm

1st Saturday of the month free admission Live events & complimentary wine/snacks 1st and 3rd Thursday at 6:30 pm; 2nd Saturdays are family day and include activities for children ages 5-11. Temporary exhibits in addition to our current collection July-Aug, The good Life: Watercolors of the 30’s and 50’s

1931

Sally Snyde (209) 368-0969 wowsciencemuseum.org

18,736

Wed - Mon 10 am - 5 pm Mon-Thur-Fri, field study trips

Hands-on science exhibits, field study trips, birthday parties, insectfest, hippology, and reptile roundup

2005

Christie Camarillo (209) 847-7049 oakdalecowboymuseum.org

4,500

Mon - Sat 10 am - 4 pm

Testicle Festival, Cowgirl Luncheon, National Day of Cowboy, Annual Dinner & Auction Fund-raisers, Cowboy Christmas Gifts and Craft Sale

1996

Seasonal activities for children and adults

1928

Brian Meadows (209) 644-1900 stocktonports.com Lynn Dickerson, Executive Director (209) 338-2100 galloarts.org Kim Scarlata Program manager (209) 831-6858 atthegrand.org

The Haggin Museum 1201 N. Pershing Avenue Stockton, CA 95203

World of Wonders Science Museum Inc. 2 North Sacramento Street Lodi, CA 95240

Oakdale Cowboy Museum 355 East F Street Oakdale, CA 95361

Dell’Osso Family Farm 26 Stewart Road Lathrop, CA 95330

Susan Dell’Osso (209) 982-0833 pumpkinmaze.com

Not available

Daily Oct 1 - 31 10 am - 8 pm Daily Nov 26 - Jan 2 10 am - 8 pm

Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort 12222 New York Ranch Road Jackson, CA 95642

Jose Cortez (209) 223-1677 jacksoncasino.com

Not available

24 hours 7 days a week

Opportunity Cruises 445 W. Weber Avenue Stockton, CA 95203

John Gordon (209) 259-3815 opportunitycruises.com

Not Available

7 days a week

Children’s Museum of Stockton 402 W. Weber Avenue Stockton, CA 95203

Yvette Remlinger (209) 465-4389 childrensmuseumstockton.org

Not available

Wed - Fri 9 am - 4 pm Sat 9 am - 5 pm Sun 12 pm - 5 pm

Ghirardelli Chocolate Outlet & Ice Cream Shop 11980 S. Harlan Road Lathrop, CA 95202

Would not disclose

Mon - Sat 9 am - 8 pm Sunday 10 am - 8 pm

Chocolate, coffee, ice-cream, and gifts Visit website for full list of events and activities

1865

Ironstone Vineyards 1894 Six Mile Road Murphys, CA 95247

Bruce Rohrer (209) 728-1251 ironstonevineyards.com

Not available

7 days a week 10 am - 5 pm Weekend Summer Concerts

1964

Pixie Woods 3121 Monte Diablo Avenue Stockton, CA 95203

Sherry Riley, Recreation Program Coordinator (209) 937-8206 stocktongov.com

Not available

June-August Thurs-Sun 12 pm-5 pm September Thurs-Mon 12 pm-5 pm

Weddings, banquets, corporate events and public events Gift shop, cafe and wine tasting Summer Concert Series ZZ Top & Jeff Beck Friday August 15th 2014 Train ride, boat ride, carousel ride, misc activities, and birthday parties

1954

Eagal Lakes Resort 12 W. Lorenzen Road Tracy, CA 95304

Karen Eagal (209) 640-4252 eagallakes.com

Not available

Daily

Hutchins Street Square 125 S. Hutchins Street Lodi, CA 95240

Deanie Bridewell (209) 333-6782 hutchinsstreetsquare.com

Not available

Mon - Thurs 8 am - 5 pm

Micke Grove Park 11793 N. Micke Grove Road Lodi, CA 95240

(209) 953-8800 (209) 331-7400 sjparks.com

Not available

Open daily 8 am to sunset Attraction hours vary Refer to website or call

Johanna Espinoza (209) 982-9304 ghirardelli.com

24 hour casino, hotel, RV park, general store and gas station, 24 hour business center, complimentary WiFi, coffee bar, bell and valet service Delta River Cruises Parties, corporate events, educational and fund-raisers July 3d to 8th Sunset BBQ Dinner Cruises and Fireworks December 6th 35 annual Christmas light, boat parade cruise December 31st New Years Eve Party cruise An interactive environment for children to learn, play and explore; summer camp and family rodeo

1985

2011

1994

Waterskiing, wake board, kayak, swimming, biking trails, bass lake, sand volleyball, basketball, beaches, and various events

2006

Theatre events, art shows, music and classes Rental space available

1998

Park, zoo, amusement rides, Japanese garden, golf course, and museum

1957

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Everywhere a sign United Sign Systems handles projects in Valley, around country By ELIZABETH STEVENS Business Journal editor MODESTO – Rarely is a business’s work displayed so prominently, but that’s how it is for United Sign Systems. From WalMart to Prime Shine car washes to the State Theatre, the Modesto company’s mark is all over the region. One of United Signs’ biggest new projects, however, is out of town. Walnut Creek paid United Sign Systems $160,000 to produce and install seven welcome signs to the downtown area to celebrate the city’s centennial. “We could not have asked for a better showcase for our product in the East Bay,” said Marco A. Ospina, the account executive from United Sign Systems in charge of the Gateway Monument project. The project involved designers and craftsmen from throughout the state and coordinated by United Sign. The signs were designed by Hunt Design in Pasadena. They feature a walnut tree in purple floating on a gold background. The signs themselves are made out

of aluminum and mounted on a stone base. The letters and images of walnut trees were cut out using a waterjet. The signs are adorned with piping topped with cast metal finials, which were fabricated by California Casting in Pittsburg and finished by craftsman Tom Langenhorst of Manteca. “He turned them on a lathe for us. He made those things look wonderful,” said United Sign Systems project manager David Davies. Typically Davies would have spend much of his time getting permits and negotiating variances on city ordinances. However, this was a city project. “They waved their wand and we had all the permits we needed,” Davis said. The signs were installed this spring and it didn’t take long for one to be damage in a car accident. Davis said that was when United Sign System’s customer service was able to prove itself. “We’re already out there having people taking that footing out today, putting the new one in,” Davis said. “(Customer service) is big. All a salesman has is, ‘my company can perform for you.’ And so you’ve got to back that up.” This wasn’t the first government project for United Sign Systems. It handled much of the new signage for

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The State Theatre replaced its marquee with new LED signs that offer higher resolution pictures. United Sign Systems made and installed seven signs welcoming people to Walnut Creek as part of a project to celebrate the city’s centennial.

Sacramento International Airport’s Terminal B expansion. The project took about three years from design to installation and finished in August 2012. The airport signs you see between the parking garage and the security gate in Terminal B were made and installed by United Sign. It was a Please see SIGNS Page 31

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Insurance agents take breather after ACA rollout By KENT HOHLFELD Business Journal writer While opinions vary wildly on the benefits vs. costs of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there is no denying that it has had a major impact on healthcare in this country. “I’m just thankful it’s over for a while,” said Bill Crawford, owner of Big Valley Insurance in Tracy. Now that the rush of open enrollment is over, agents have been able catch their breath from the hectic pace in the final weeks before the March enrollment deadline. Open enrollment closed in mid-April after it was extended two weeks due to problems with the national and state websites that left many people unable to sign up for coverage. “The agents could do nothing,” said Sean McClerkin, co-owner of McClerkin Insurance in Lodi. “I walked (clients) through the website at times. The site was a disaster. I was up until midnight trying to get people through the site. Then the functionality wouldn’t work. It was just very confusing.” One of the biggest challenges facing area agents was people whose policies had been canceled.

“We had hundreds of people calling up saying ‘what we do now?’” said McClerkin. “There was this new method of getting health insurance policies. It was difficult and frustrating.” The frustration wasn’t limited to the customers. Agents had trouble getting certified to just to help people through the process set up by Covered California, the state’s ACA exchange. “I got certified, but it took a while to get that done,” said Crawford. “Dealing with that at the same time that we had all these clients asking us for answers was a challenge.” Many of the agents who had been dealing with insurance issues for decades had to learn an entirely new system as it went live. “A lot of agents who were in it before the ACA had to learn new ways to do things” said McClerkin. “We went through the certification process. We’re used to it now. We have certifications through Medicare so we were kind of used to going through those recertification processes.” Once the certification and technical hurdles were overcome, actually guiding clients to policies was a rela-

tively easy process. “The actual structures of the policy were surprisingly pretty OK,” said McClerkin. “They weren’t bad plans. Misinformation given to the doctors about the plans was a problem.” Crawford said having four standardized policies was a benefit of the ACA. “Most people can figure out between four plans,” said Crawford. “In the individual market, It was easier than before.” What clients were less pleased about was the sticker shock some found. Clients who had bought cheap plans with small benefit packages found the new plans were far more expensive. “A lot of people thought they were going to see rate decreases,” said Crawford. “Unfortunately it didn’t happen that way.” A client’s subsidy is dependant on how much they make. The guiding principle is that insurance shouldn’t cost more than 9.5 percent of a person’s income. Those who made too much much and received little or no subsidies saw their rates rise dramatically. Many of the clients who approached agents fell into this category.

“I had clients who said, ‘I can’t pay (9.5) percent of my income to health insurance,’” said Crawford. The changes aren’t over yet. Employer mandates will kick in next year and could mean big changes to group health plans that most Americans depend on. Employers who have more than 50 employees will have to either provide health insurance or pay a tax. “This impacts the agricultural employers who have a lot of seasonal employees,” said Crawford. “Sometimes an employer might have 200 or 300 employees for seasonal work. If that works out to an equivalent of more than 50 full-time workers, they have to provide insurance or pay a tax.” Rules are still be worked out as to how seasonal workers will be handled under the ACA. Regardless, Crawford expects rate increases to hit small group plans next year. “The biggest thing going forward will be how small employers handle the increased costs,” said Crawford. “Do they take more out of employees paychecks or do they drop the plans all together? Then it will be up to individuals to get their own plans.”

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HEALTH CARE PLANS In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties. Ranked in Alphabetical Order. Company Name Rank Address

Top Local Executive Phone Web Address

Regional Membership — California Membership

No. of Local Physician Providers (if available ) No. of Physician Providers in California (if available ) No. of Local Hospital Providers (if available ) Local Healthcare Providers

Non-profit or For-profit

Year Established

Aetna 2625 Shadelands Drine Walnut Creek, CA 94598

Mark Bertolini CEO (925) 948-4700 aetna.com

Numbers were not available

St. Joseph’s Medical Ctr. of Stockton, Dameron Hospital, Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, Kindred Hospital of Modesto, Doctors Medical Ctr. of Modesto, Memorial Hospital Medical Ctr., Stanislaus Surgical Hospital, Oak Valley District Hospital and Emanuel Medical Center

For-profit

1853

Anthem Blue Cross 1 Well Point Way Thousand Oaks, CA 91362

Mark Morgan President (805) 557-6770 anthem.com/ca

NA 2,352,452

More than 59,000 local doctors and specialist in Anthem Blue Cross network. Ninty % of hospitals contract with Anthem, including 300 acute care hospitals.

For-profit

1937

Over 1,800 PPO & over 1000 HMO providers Over 38,000 HMO & over 70,000 PPO Cali providers 6 hospitals in HMO network and 7 in PPO network Dameron Hospital, Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Lodi Memorial Hospital, Lodi Memorial Hospital West (PPO only), St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center, St. Joseph’s Medical Center of Stockton, Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, Doctors Medical Center, Emanuel Medical Center, Memorial Hospital Medical Center, Oak Valley District Hospital, Stanislaus Behavioral Health Center, Stanislaus Surgical Hospital

Non-profit

34,000 Phsicians 300 Hospitals across California 6,000 ancillary providers PPO Provider network, PCPs, specialists, hospitals, ancillaries, Collect only co-payments, will fill health insurance claims for you

Non-profit

1963

995 SJ County PPO Providers. 1,437 Stanislaus County PPO Providers. St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Dameron Hospital, Lodi Memorial Hospital, Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Sutter Delta Medical Center, Memorial Medical Center of Modesto, Stanislaus Surgical Hospital, Doctors Medical Center and Oak Valley District Hospital

For-profit

1929

2,061 local physician providers 75,780 California physician providers 12 local hospital providers

For-profit

1979

5206 physician local providers 8 local hospital providers Dameron, St. Joseph’s, San Joaquin General, Sutter Tracy, Lodi Memorial, Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Doctors Medical Center, Emanuel Medical, Oak Valley, Mercy Merced and Memorial Hospital Los Banos

Non-profit

1996

485 local physician providers 12,000 California physician providers Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center/hospital Kaiser Permanente Modesto Medical Center/hospital Dameron Hospital, Stockton Kaiser Clinics Stockton, Tracy, Manteca and Mosdesto

Non-profit

1945

Non-profit

1996

All regional hospitals

Non-profit

1983

3,100 local physician providers 59,600 California physician providers 23 local hospital providers

For-profit

1974

Blue Shield Of California 3021 Reynolds Ranch Parkway Lodi, CA 95240

California Foundation for Medical Care Prefered Provider Network 3993 Jurupa Avenue Riverside, CA 92506

Cigna Health Plans of California 26 Executive Park Irvine, CA 92614

Health Net of California 5250 Claremont Avenue Ste. 204 Stockton, CA 95207

Health Plan of San Joaquin 7751 S. Manthey Road French Camp, CA 95231

Kaiser Permanente Health Plan/ Hospitals Central Valley Service Area 4601 Dale Road Modesto, CA 95356

Sutter Health/ Sutter Gould Medical Foundation 2200 River Plaza Drive Sacramento, CA 95833

United Agriculture Benefit Trust P.O. Box 691472 Stockton, CA 95269

United Healthcare of California 5701 Katella Avenue Cypress, CA 90630

Paul Markovich President and CEO (209) 371-3000 blueshieldca.com

Dolores L. Green CEO (800) 334-7341 (209) 952-5399 cfmcnet.org

David M. Cordani President and CEO (818) 500-6262 cigna.com Rob Carnaroli Director of Major Accounts (209) 473-6880 healthnet.com Amy Shin, CEO (209) 942-6300 hpsj.com

Corwin N. Harper Senior V.P. Area Manager (209) 735-5000 kp.org/centralvalley

Patrick Fry President and CEO (916) 733-8800 sutterhealth.org Kirti Mutatkar CEO/ President (209) 952-8563 uabt.org Brandon Cuevas, CEO (925) 246-1300 uhc.com

Not available 2,953,200 in California

1.2 million 34,000

2,552,289 293,383 in California 90,000 2.3 million in California 246,000 246,000 in California

263,000 7 million in California

NA NA

53,000 __ 3.2 million in California

240 + Local physician providers 5,000 California physician providers 35,000 + Employees Memorial Medical Center, Modesto Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, Tracy

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Kickstarter funds food truck dream By COURTNEY JESPERSEN Business Journal writer MODESTO – A new gourmet food truck is hitting the streets of Modesto this summer. Thanks to community donations, local chef Hank Olson is ready to help residents get their ‘Food Fix’ in Stanislaus County. Olson has been in the culinary industry for the past 20 years. He got his start in Modesto at the age of 15. “I started working at Foster Farms fried chicken on Coffee Road,” Olson said. “I just started cooking and never stopped, really.” He soon moved from his humble beginnings as a dishwasher to a cook. He graduated from the culinary school at Columbia College in Sonora and has since worked everywhere from Sonora to Chicago. He has managed three different Bay Area Top 100 restaurants throughout his career. Since 2007, Olson has also worked as an instructor at the Institute of Technology. Recently, Olson decided to get a jump on his longtime dream of opening his own restaurant. He wants to start a mobile food truck and eventually turn it into a restaurant. For funding he turned to the Internet. On May 9, Olson launched a 30-day Kickstarter campaign to fund his truck, which he has since coined Food Fix. Kickstarter, an online crowdfunding platform, allows everyday people, called “backers,” to pledge money toward the development of creative projects, from films to music to technology. Project creators manage their own page, where they set a fundraising goal and deadline. Projects must reach their goal in order to receive the pledged money. For Olson’s project, pledge levels ranged from $10 to $2,000, and each level comes with perks for the backers. For $25 dollars, for example, pledgers would receive a free meal from the truck when it opens, a “Get Your Fix” sticker, and their names listed on the business’s website and Facebook page. Higher levels of pledges came with rewards ranging from limited edition t-shirts and house parties. The highest contributors’ names will be listed on the back of the truck. “I have 21 people who are going to have their name on the back of my food truck forever,” Olson said. “I have no problem with that. It’s those people who made everything possible. It was an amazing feeling to see everybody jump on the bandwagon and start pledging.” During the month-long campaign – which wrapped up in June – Olson raised a total of $19,379 from 167 backers, surpassing his $18,000 goal.

Contributors included family, friends, current and former students, and even complete strangers. Lifelong acquaintance Lynn Johnson rallied support for Olson’s social media campaign. She made a special effort to reach out to friends and relatives of Olson’s father, who passed away of cancer 10 years ago. “They’ve always had that promise they made to him to help me out with anything I’d ever need in life,” Olson said. Throughout the Kickstarter challenge, Olson also had the support of longtime friend James Ablett, a chef at Taste Restaurant in Plymouth. The two worked together at Perko’s in Modesto and eventually became roommates in culinary school. All these years later, Ablett was more than willing to help his friend reach his cuisine dream. “I wish him the best and hope his success leads to him never having to work for somebody else ever again,” Ablett said. Now that the campaign is complete, Olson has begun fulfilling contributor rewards, which he hopes to have finished by August. His next step is to locate and purchase a truck to bring Food Fix to life. Olson’s goal for the truck is to appeal to a wide demographic of customers by providing unique, delicious dishes and healthy alternatives that you cannot find anywhere else. “I call it gourmet because it’s all from-scratch food,” Olson said. “I want to keep it as locally-sourced as possible and constantly change the menu according to seasonality.” This gourmet menu includes, among other dishes, sweet and sour slaw, barbecue chips, root beer pulled pork, and Olson’s famed homemade pretzel rolls. Food Fix supporter Lynn Johnson believes Olson’s truck will be popular with the community because, according to her, it will bring some variety to the area’s current food truck selection. “There are a lot of different food trucks out there, they’re just not here in Modesto,” Johnson said. “So, I think that will go over well.” Specialty aside, Olson’s greatest focus is on delivering ingredients that are fresh and local. “It’s just good to keep your neighbors in mind,” Olson said. “Everything grows in the Central Valley. When I worked out in Chicago, everything came from here. There are so many awesome farmers, and there’s so much awesome stuff you can do with your surroundings when making menus.” Olson intends to officially open Food Fix for business in July or August. He would like to eventually open his own restaurant within the next three to five years.

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Food truck tax rules simplified Starting July 1, the price for items sold by food truck operators are now presumed to include the sales tax, whether there is a sign that indicates that or not, according to California’s Board of Equalization. The purpose of the change is to make transactions simpler for mobile food operators and their customers. “We want to help California businesses be successful,” said Board of Equalization member George Runner. “Our new regulation will make life a bit simpler for California’s fast-growing mobile food industry and more convenient for their customers, too.” Previously, mobile food vendors were

required to post signs stating that tax was included in the listed menu prices. If there was no sign, it was presumed prices did not include tax and operators had to report and pay tax on the prices charged. This change allows operators to charge the same tax-included price for each menu item no matter where they are (without additional signage). It eliminates the need to recalculate sales tax at each stop where the tax rate changes. The change is also meant to speed up the point of sale process with the customer Sales tax amounts for specific addresses can be found on the Board of Equalization’s website.

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Olson has managed Bay Area restaurants and is an instructor at the Institute of Technology.

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WHAT IS KICKSTARTER? Kickstarter is a crowdfunding project in which backers give money to bring a creative project to life. The money given is a gift rather than a loan or investment, and backers do not receive a financial return. “A lot of backers are rallying around their friends’ projects,” according to Kickstarter’s website. “Some are supporting people they’ve long admired. Many are just inspired by a new idea. Others are inspired by a project’s rewards — a copy of what’s being made, a limited edition, or a custom experience related to the project.” The idea behind Kickstarter is to fund projects in the areas of art, comics, crafts, dance, design, fashion, film & video, food, games, journalism, music, photography, publishing, technology, and theater. All projects are required to have a definable goal. Kickstarter campaigns are all-or-nothing propositions. Backers are not charged until the project reaches its funding goal. When a funding goal is met, Kickstarter keeps 5 percent fee. Creators are responsible for finishing their projects. Kickstarter advises backers to look at a creator’s previous work and the information he or she provides before giving money to a project. Kickstarter was launched in 2009 and its base is Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

KICKSTARTER - BY THE NUMBERS (as of June 23)

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1,178,585,456

Total amount pledged to Kickstarter projects

64,165 Successfully funded projects

6,440,966 BUSINESS JOURNAL PHOTO

Total backers

SOURCE: www.kickstarter.com

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Stagg Stadium leveled By ELIZABETH STEVENS Business Journal editor STOCKTON – Another big step was taken in June in the demolition of the landmark Stagg Memorial Stadium at the University of the Pacific as bulldozers leveled the berm that surrounded the former football field. “Well it’s certainly the end of an era, but it’s the beginning of a new era,” said Associate Director of Athletics for Marketing and Media, Dan Chapman. “That new era being great facilities for our field hockey program, for our soccer teams, for our tennis teams.” Through the month of June, crews moved 140,000 cubic yards of dirt. It was projected to take 180 dump truck trips a day for more than six weeks to haul it away. The goal is to lower the foundation of the old stadium so it would be roughly level with the parking lot. The removal project was estimated to cost $1.75 million and made way for a new sports complex that will feature a tennis center and fields for soccer and field hockey. Field Hockey facilities are scheduled for completion by Aug. 30. “This is the biggest single thing to happen to this program since its inception,” said Pacific’s field hockey coach Andy Smith. “This will end

up being the best facility on the west coast for field hockey.” Smith credited the university’s regents and administration for wanting to build more than just fields. The new facility will include an artificial turf field, scoreboard, lights and storage. Previously, Smith’s team of two dozen players had been traveling to Stanford to play. The stadium, officially known as Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium, was built in 1950 for football. However, the university hasn’t had a team since 1995. While the stadium has been used for graduation ceremonies and the summer home of the San Francisco ‘49ers, the construction of new facilities at high schools and the new Stockton Arena have left Stagg falling into disuse. About two years ago, the university decided to tear down the stadium rather than pay for needed repairs. “On campus it’s exciting,” Chapman said.“Throughout the community, people are in some ways are sad when they come down Pershing and they see that thing getting lower and lower, but they also know that six months from now when they drive by Pershing, they’re going to see state of the art facilities that I think the whole community can be proud of.” The project’s contractor is Ron

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Bulldozers begin removing 140,000 cubic yards of dirt from the berm that surrounded Stagg Stadium’s football field.

Barber and the subcontractor doing the berm work is T&S West from Linden. T&S West is looking for customers for all the dirt, which it said would be suitable for levee repair and other construction.

The community may miss the old Stagg Stadium, but parts of it will live on. The lights were donated to the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds and other material will be recycled, the university said.

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California tourism recovers to record high SACRAMENTO – California’s tourism industry recovered to pre-recession levels last year, according to a report released June 9 by Visit California. The report, conducted by Dean Runyan Associates, said more than 235 million people traveled in California in 2013. They spent $109.6 billion in the state, an all-time high in both actual and inflation-adjusted dollars. “California tourism is on the rise, and that means new potential for creating

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for music and dance performances. Classrooms are located on the lower level of the original library building. All spaces also are available for event rental. Having grown up in Turlock, McDermott returned after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from UC Berkeley and a Masters degree in Museum Studies from Boston University. “When I left here, I never thought I would end up back in Turlock doing what I love to do,” she said The Carnegie Arts Center provides the vehicle to spread her love of the arts to the community. “We want to build a culture in our region that should expect that art and culture are available to them. We have had a couple of generations that have not had access, and now our Center is providing all different kinds of art forms — not just visual — such as poetry, dance, theater, film, and music,” said McDermott. The Center hosts four primary exhibits each year, with the work of internationally known artists displayed in the fall. A short regional display with a valley focus takes place in the winter with a competitive exhibition, the Central California Art Showcase, hosted in the spring. “Options for our summer season have no real set theme, just fun and appealing to attract visitors,” McDermott said. Helping McDermott get the word out about Carnegie is Ali Cox, Principal of Ali Cox & Company Marketing, a boutique integrated marketing agency also located in historic downtown Turlock. “Our goal is to position the Carnegie Arts Center as a true regional draw,” said Cox. Brought in initially to promote Carnegie Rocks, the Center’s current exhibit of a privately held rock and roll collection, Cox manages all of Carnegie’s social media outlets, media relations, internal communications and newsletters, and design and advertising work. The marketing company’s target regions include the entire San Joaquin Valley from Sacramento to Bakersfield and the Bay Area. “The Carnegie Arts Center is a modern, high-level facility. It is a stunning building within a vibrant community and has an excellent event schedule,” Cox said. She encourages readers to visit the Center’s website at CarnegieArtsTurlock.org for a look at upcoming exhibits, classes, and displays.

jobs and increasing economic impact throughout the state,” said Caroline Beteta, president and CEO of Visit California. “When visitors from around the world choose to visit California, the benefits of our $110 billion industry are felt across numerous segments and ultimately help sustain our local communities.” Tourism spending generated $2.8 billion in local tax revenues and $4.3 billion in state tax revenues, Visit California said. California’s travel industry employed

965,800 people, the highest number recorded since 1992, when the state started keeping track of employment data. In San Joaquin County, travel spending for 2012 totaled $676 million, generated 5,950 jobs and was responsible for $9.9 million in local tax receipts. Tourism in Stanislaus County in 2012 sparked $474 million in travel spending, produced 4,880 jobs and generated $6.1 million in local tax receipts. “These findings show the billions

of dollars that visitors inject into our economy every year continues to grow; however, that growth will depend on California remaining a top-of-mind travel destination,” said Beteta. “In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, California must continue to compete with other travel destinations.” California, which has the nation’s largest tourism economy, spends $50 million marketing itself to potential travelers. Many competing destinations spend much more. For example, Las Vegas spent $285 million on tourism marketing in 2013.

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Doctors turn to physicians groups to help run their practices, deal with insurance By KENT HOHLFELD Business Journal writer Being a physician has always been a challenging profession. Those challenges have changed for today’s doctors. “One of the things that happened to doctors is that they are having to do a lot of things that are outside of the strict practice of medicine,” said Dr. Scott Neeley, vice president of Medical Affairs at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton. Gone are the days when the sole focus for doctors was treating the patient in front of them. Today doctors, especially those in primary care, have to deal with insurance companies, far more oversight and a seemly endless mountain of paperwork to be filled out. “It’s hard for a small practice to afford the kind of people needed to do the things above and beyond just practicing medicine,” said Neeley, who practiced with a group of 12 physicians for almost 20 years before becoming a healthcare administrator. One way that area doctors are dealing with the growing list of challenges is to join hospitals or groups of doctors. These groups usually fall

into two categories. Groups such as Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Gold or Dignity Health, employ doctors directly. Others, like Hill Physicians are Independent Physicians Associations in which doctors’ practices stay independent and the organization helps with tasks such as negotiating with insurance companies. “They (Hills Physicians) help us negotiate with insurance companies,” said Dr. Raissa Hill. “Having larger numbers of doctors obviously helps there.” Hill, whose name only coincidentally matches the group’s name, has had a private practice in Stockton since 2000 when she finished her residency at San Joaquin General Hospital. “The idea of medicine now that is different is integration,” said Hill. “We’re all electronic, online and trying to be connected.” Staying independent helps doctors like Hill maintain a measure of autonomy. Some doctors have seen groups or hospitals set a hectic pace, with doctors seeing as many as 28 patients per day. “In larger groups, they are mandating you more,” said Hill. “The decisions in larger groups are made

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By MARIE SARDALLA-DAVIS Business Journal writer STOCKTON – More and more Central Valley residents are seeking alternative health care, drawn by holistic healing therapies that aren’t pill-centered. They want to be empowered as partners in their own wellness regimen. Satisfaction, an increased awareness of options and referrals drive the industry’s growth, according to local alternative health providers. Some clients express disenchantment with traditional health care and the perceived drop in compassion in Western medicine. While most wellness centers do not accept insurance, clients employ their health savings accounts or are willing to pay out of pocket. Some seek alternative health care when Western medicine is unable to help, while others view it as both preventative and pampering. “A certain amount of pampering is a necessity, anyway. We can’t walk around like we’re in American Gothic, stiff and grumpy. We don’t like ourselves, other people flee from us, and we do no good in the world like that,” said Wendi Maxwell, who has gone for massages and other therapies to Karen McDougall of Stockton’s Body Bliss Holistic Wellness Center. Despite having scoliosis and fracturing her pelvis in high school, Maxwell chooses an active lifestyle. Physical therapy and Pilates alleviate escalating back issues. A free massage session with McDougall turned her onto holistic healing. “It was the icing on the cake,” Maxwell recalled. “I had a system to take care of myself for the rest of my life rather than seek intervention when I was hurting.”

Maxwell credits her extensive aikido training for the enhanced body awareness that she says serves her well during healing sessions involving visualization. “I go in with a sophisticated level of knowing what my body feels like, and we can jointly work on imagining the changes we want to see happen,” Maxwell said. “I’ve always been a hardheaded cynic, but I know what works for me. With Karen, it’s a guided partnership. But she’s a strong enough healer that if you don’t know how to partner with her, she’ll figure out a way to heal you anyway.” Body Bliss also offers reiki, acupressure, auriculotherapy, pain and stress management, bioenergetic therapy, an infrared sauna, and a lending library. Many of its clients are CEOs, entrepreneurs, teachers and administrators. “They have a lot on their shoulders, with not a lot of downtime. ‘Me time’ is the last on their list,” McDougall noted. “I give them a sacred space so they can reconnect with the aspects of themselves that have become numb when they signed up to be a worker. I see them light up. That trickles down, and they empower their people.” McDougall is working to bring the Healing Touch program to the Central Valley. She envisions training local nurses, home health care staff, mothers, and physical therapists in the energy-based technique founded by Colorado nurse Janet Mentgen in 1989. Tonya Stewart turned to Dr. Lisa Hunt at Valley Wellness Center in Modesto four years ago when her immune disorder remained out of control despite the care she had been receiving at UCSF Medical Center for a year and a half. Please see WELLNESS Page 31

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“I was with the best doctors of modern medicine at UCSF. I was 40, and I was going to die,” Stewart said. “Integrative medicine was my last resort, but it worked. Dr. Lisa looks at the whole picture, not just the symptoms. She looks at why you have inflammation, how you can reduce stress. She makes it a lifestyle thing.” Stewart also overcame diabetes with diet and exercise, and still keeps weekly appointments with the center’s lifestyle educator, Sonia Hutton-Chavez. “I haven’t been sick since. I think alternative and general medicine can work together very well. They should be married,” Stewart said. Integrative medicine is the result of that marriage. Valley Wellness Center’s philosophy is to combine holistic solutions with alternative therapies and the best lifestyle practices. The center offers hormone replacement, supplementation therapy, detox treatments, heavy metal chelation, intravenous therapy, weight loss and antiaging treatments. The center’s services are so in demand that Dr. Hunt is booked seven months out, while weight loss/nutrition coaching with Sonia Chavez is booked six to eight weeks out. “Patients are more informed due to the Internet and realize that they have other options than their traditional primary care physician,” Chavez said. “Dr. Lisa Hunt is an exceptional doctor who truly cares and is very accessible to her patients. She responds to

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their emails after office hours.” Salli Anne Newhard struggled with chronic digestive issues for seven years despite medication. She consulted a nutritionist at Natural Path Wellness Center in Ripon and said she has seen great improvement. She and her husband receive massages, practice yoga, take natural supplements and take advantage of other services as members. “I do think insurance companies should give some kind of incentive for participating in classes or activities that promote health and possibly

eliminate the need for prescription meds that might have adverse effects in the long run. Why prescribe that when for an hour a week you can learn things you can do on your own to promote health?” Newhard said. “I’m thankful that Jennifer Komatsu opened up Natural Path. Her services have made a difference in my health and well-being. It’s worth it to me, the way I feel now.” “We continue to grow monthly,” said Komatsu. “We have classes to assist people in understanding the body as a whole, as well as classes on how to

make home remedies and products which are more cost-effective. Health care reform will only enhance our business as people find that costs increase without yielding positive results and with a seeming lack of concern for their health.” Natural Path Wellness Center also offers ayurvedic, the Hindu medicine system; iridology, a technique that examines the iris to determine information about a patient’s systemic health; nutritional counseling; natural hormone balancing; colon hydrotherapy and herbal remedies.

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project that included 1,215 individual signs and brought in $2.5 million to the company. To see what the future of signage is like, take a trip over to the State Theatre at 1307 J St. in downtown Modesto. United Sign Systems recently installed two LED displays on the theater’s new marquee, which allows not just words but pictures to be displayed. “The visuals are dazzling on the new display, versus the old one that, at 10 years old, was considered archaic,” said State Theatre general manager Sue Richardson. “The new LED is capable of showing videos, but it is our understanding that city ordinances don’t allow it.” Davis likened the new message boards to big screen TVs and said changing the messages is much easier for employees. “Instead of having the changeable copy where you go up there and put up ‘Now Playing,’ they just type it on the computer and you can show clips from the movie or whatever you want,” Davis said. United Sign System is a full-service sign company with 40 employees. It has three designers on staff as well as fabricators and installers.

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PHYSICIANS GROUPS In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties. Ranked by Year Established. Ties are in Alphabetical Order. Group Name Address

Top Executive Local Phone Web Address

Physicians Practitioners Specialist Nurses Physicians Asst.

What type of practice What type of services offered

What type of insurance do you except What hospitals do you admit to

Independent physician association comprised of PCP’s and specialists. All primary care and specialty servicesfull service medical group

All major Insurers, exception of Kaiser San Joaquin General, Lodi Memorial, Dameron, Doctors Manteca, St Joseph’s, Sutter Tracy

1984

Family General, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB-Gyn PCP Independent physicians group Focus is prevention of illness and to promote a healthy life style

Affiliated with AARP, Aetna, Anthem, Blue Sheild, Care More, Heath-Net, Cigna, Pacific Care, Secure Horizons, HPSJ Emanual Turlock, Stanislaus Surgical Modesto, Mercy Medical Merced, Doctors Manteca, Doctors Modesto, Oak Valley Oakdale

1989

283 14 NA NA 12

Primary care physicians and specialists Primary care, specialty care, urgent care, radiology, labs, occupational medicine. 20 Care centers in 3 Counties

Memorial Medical Center, Sutter Tracy and additional Sutter hospitals in northern California

1948

Scenic Faculty Medical Group 830 Scenic Drive Modesto, CA 95350

George Kilian Administrator (209) 558-7248 scenicfacultymedgrp.com

30 NA varies varies varies

Family Practice, Pediatrics, OB-Gyn, Geriatrics Family Medicine, Inpatient, ICU Care, Seeing de verse patient population, providing quality care of under served population

Anthem Blue Cross, Cigna, United healthcare, Independence Blue Cross, Blue Shield Of California Doctors Medical Center, memorial Medical Center Modesto

1992

Morpheus Anesthesia Group 2626 N. California Street Ste. G Stockton, CA 95204

Larry Philipp (209) 464-9846 morpheusanesthesia.com

17 NA 3 NA NA

Anesthesia Anesthesia, cardiothoracic anesthesia and pain management services

Most HMO or PPO plans St. Josephs Stockton, Plastic surgery centers stockton, Centers for sight and Central Valley eye surgery center

1954

Stanislaus Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 609E Orangeburg Avenue Ste. 201-E Modesto, CA 95350

Jonathan L. Cohen (209) 572-3224 stanislausorthopaedic.com

6 NA NA 6 6

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Joint replacement, hand & foot surgery, sports arthoscopy, general orthopedics, moto orthopedics, injuries and trauma, radiology and physical therapy

Excepting over 40 Insurances Doctors Medical, Pacific Medical Modesto, Modesto Radiology, PayneMurphy Personal Therapy, River Surgical Institute

1991

Delta Eye Medical Group 1617 St Mark’s Plaza, Ste D Stockton, CA 95207

NA (209) 478-1797 deltaeyemedicalgroup.com

5 NA 3 NA NA

Ophthalmology Practice LASIK, Cataract, Optical, Macular, Glaucoma, diabetes Lodi and Tracy Locations available

26 Insurances St. Josephs, Lodi Memorial, Dameron Stockton, Sutter Tracy

Payne-Sanghvi Oral & Mazillofacial Surgery Group 756 Porter Avenue Ste. 400 Stockton, CA 95207

NA (209) 951 6387

3 NA 3 4 NA

Dental Implants, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Bone grafting, wisdom teeth, facial trauma, jaw surgery, pre-posthetic surgery, oral pathology, TMJ disorders

Work with most Insurances In house surgical

2005

Stockton Cardiothoracic Group 1617 N. California Street Ste. 1-D Stockton, CA 95204

Dr, James D. Morrissey (209) 948-1234 stocktoncardio.com

2 NA 2 3 NA

Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Cardiac Surgery Treatment of Thirty different conditions

Seventeen Insurances excepted Dameron Stockton, St. Josephs Stockton

1979

Travers J. mc Loughlin (209) 365-1761 bschaffercancer.com

1 NA 3 3 NA

Oncology and Radiology Radiation therapists, desimetrist,medical phyiscist, radiation oncology nurses

All major HMO-PPO Work with referring physicians and hospitals

1997

Hills Physicians Medical Group 1776 W March Lane, Ste. 440 Stockton, CA 95207

All Care 3320 Tully Road Ste. 1 Modesto, CA 95350

Sutter Gould medical Foundation 600 Coffee Road Modesto, CA 95350

Ben Schaffer Cancer Institute 311 S. Hame Lane Lodi, CA 95242

Paula Friend Regional Director (209) 956-0282 hillsphysicians.com

Matt Coury (209) 550-5200 allcareipa.com

Paul DeChant, MD (209) 524-1211 suttergould.org

531 117 / PCP 414 NA

300-500 varies varies varies varies

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California has less irrigated land, report says SACRAMENTO – California’s irrigated farmland decreased by about 263 square miles between 2008-10, according to a report from the Department of Conservation (DOC). However, the report also says that while more than 102,000 acres of the highest-quality agricultural soil, known as prime farmland, were included in that decrease, the amount of urbanization in the state was at a record low.

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“Urban land increased by 44,504 acres. This was the lowest urbanization rate recorded since our first such report and likely reflected the impact of the recent economic recession,” DOC Director Mark Nechodom said. “More than urbanization, long-term land idling was the biggest factor in the decrease of irrigated farmland.” San Joaquin County was one of five counties with 10,000 or more acres of idled agricultural land. The

others were Fresno, Kings, Kern and Sacramento. Fresno County had the largest conversion of this type, at more than 34,000 acres. The Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program uses aerial imagery and land management data gathered from local governments, combining that with soil quality data in a geographic information system (GIS) to produce maps and statistics. It’s all part of an effort to document the loca-

tion and extent of California’s important farmlands, and to report on how they change over time. “Since the program began, more than 1.4 million acres have been removed from farming use, 47 percent of that being prime farmland,” Penberth said. “That’s about a square mile every four days for a total area bigger than Merced County. California remains the nation’s leader in agricultural production, and there’s still a lot of agricultural land out there. But farmers and ranchers are continually trying to do more with less.”

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compares to a shortfall of 9,000 in 2010. Money can also be an obstacle to attracting physicians. “The economics of the area mean that doctors can often make more money elsewhere,” Neeley said. “Wherever they work, a lot of doctors are working twice as hard for the same money.” Nationally, salaries of primary care physicians were approximately $220,000 per year in 2012, according to the 2013 Medical Group Management Association’s compensation survey, while specialists averaged nearly $400,000 and cardiologists and orthopedic surgeons earned more than $500,000. Efforts to boost compensation for primary care doctors have been largely unsuccessful. Primary care doctors are usually paid per visit and not reimbursed for managing their patients’ care outside of visits. Richard J. Baron, president of the American Board of Internal Medicine, commissioned a study to document how much time a primary care physician spends managing care. He discovered that a typical day, includes 18.5 phone calls;16.8 e-mails; processing a dozen prescription refills (not counting those written during a visit); interpreting 19.5 lab reports; reviewing 11 imaging reports; and reading and following up on 13.9 reports from specialists. Beyond those challenges, perhaps the single greatest source of frustration for many physicians is a tool that was supposed to make their lives easier: electronic medical records. Doctors say the system designs often frustrate patients and providers — with the doctor’s face often turned to the computer screen while the patient is talking. “I have a love-hate relationship with the computer,” said Hill. “It’s not an easy task. It takes a lot of change. It does improve the quality of care though.” She said that technology and challenges of today’s practice of medicine hasn’t changed what doctors are trying to accomplish. “The goal is still improvement of patient care,” said Hill. “You can’t let the computers take the personalization out of medicine. The bottom line is still patient care.”

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Is California doing all it can to fund high-speed rail? Special to the Business Journal By JOHN ANDERSON Falabella Holdings - International CEO The California Legislature’s budget proposal for the high-speed rail project has been finalized. Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers have agreed to use 25 percent of future cap-and-trade funds, totaling $250 million, to continue construction of the $68 billion California High-Speed Rail Project (CHSR). The California High-Speed Rail Authority continJohn Anderson ues battling multiple lawsuits, especially one that has essentially stopped voter-approved state bonds totaling $9.9 billion from being used. A major blow to the CHSR funding plan fell apart recently when the U.S. House of Representatives voted to stop directing funds from the $52 billion federal transportation bill to support the project. The Authority has not yet

secured any private funding for the project, and I’m not sure if they have even tried to attract any interest from foreign sources or private U.S. firms. On numerous occasions I reached out to the Authority on interest I had received directly from China to provide not only full funding for the CHSR project but technology and equipment as part of a potential deal. The Chinese company that built 5,000 miles of high-speed rail across China successfully looks to deploy capital and high-speed rail transportation knowledge all over the world. Unfortunately, not one phone call or email to the Authority was ever responded to even though the CHSR master plan calls for engaging with international partners. Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger approved a project delivery system called “Public-Private-Partnerships” known as “P3” in which the private sector would engage with government to bring funding and construction knowledge forward to much needed infrastructure projects sooner than later. In China they have a similar project delivery system called “BuildOperate-Transfer” known as “BOT.”

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Artist’s rendering of how the high-speed rail train would look running through Fresno, part of the system’s first phase.

British Columbia’s government owns Partnerships BC (PBC), an independent organization that evaluates and implements financing and construction of major infrastructure projects. PBC uses a number of financial models for projects, including traditional bond financing, vendor financing and public-private partnership financing. Public-private partnerships have been a tremendous success in British Columbia, resulting in millions of dollars in additional benefits to more than 20 projects, including critical

transportation and health care infrastructure. P3s take advantage of innovation and expertise of the private sector, while reducing risks and delays. It appears that Gov. Brown and Democratic lawmakers find no issues with breaking ground on a project without securing all the required funding first. In the private sector, if a company moved forward without fully securing funding and actually changing the approved use of funds as intended, most likely that company would be facing bank fraud and fraud charges.

What you don’t know about developing real estate could lead to higher taxes Proper planning, documentation, and advice are necessary when you get into developing and selling real estate. It’s a lesson one California taxpayer recently learned the hard way. On May 28, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment to the United States of America in the Jason Harrel case of FredCalone & Harrel eric Allen. The Law Group court decided that Allen, who purchased real property in 1987 and sold it in 1999, was not entitled to long term capital gain treatment on a portion of the sale proceeds. In this case, the taxpayer, Frederic Allen, purchased 2.63 acres of property in East Palo Alto in 1987. At first he planned to develop it, but then changed

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his mind and decided to sell it instead. “I started out to develop this property and concluded that a sale was more to my — more in line with my capacity,” Allen said in his deposition. In a declaration he filed later to oppose the government’s motion for summary judgment, Allen said that he bought the land as “investment property.” Allen then admitted that between 1987 and 1995 he tried to develop the property on his own. He spent money on engineering plans and took out a second mortgage. Allen said that from 1995 through 1999, he tried to find investors and partners to take over the land because he needed “to dispose” of the property. While Allen owned the property, he developed approximately 10 sets of plans for the it as he went through the process of trying to find a partner to develop the project. In 1999, Allen sold the property to Clarum Corporation, a property developer. Clarum paid a lump sum to clear title and agreed to pay 22 percent of its profits and a set fee to Allen Please see TAXING MATTERS Page 46

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How a key employee can make you or break you You’ve got a great group working for you now, and business is good. You know that much of that success is due to one or two key people with both skills and personalities that are hard to match. Suppose they were injured and out of work for a while, or suppose they died? Would your business Michael Zeiter survive? Key MassMutual Financial employee life Modesto, CA and disability insurance coverage can help make sure that it does. When bad things happen to good people Your key employees are those special people with such unique skills and talents that they contribute greatly to the financial success of your business. If a key employee were disabled, or were to die, your business would suffer immensely. Here are some possibilities: - If key employee out of work, revenue they generate will substantially decrease - You’ll incur unexpected expenses recruiting and training a temporary or permanent replacement - Inexperienced employees trying to fill in can create costly mistakes or delays - Key person dies, business loans may come due - Customers or employees may look elsewhere, as future of the business may seem concerning Key employee life and disability insurance policies do soften the impact of these blows. These policies are sold to small or medium-size businesses; it’s in those operations that a single person can impact the bottom line. Key employee life insurance Typically, your business purchases a life insurance policy on a key employee, pays the premiums, and is the beneficiary upon their death. The business as owner of the policy, may surrender, borrow, and use either the cash value or death benefits as it sees fit. Putting a dollar value on a key employee’s economic worth may be difficult. Although there are no rules or formulas, several possible methods make sense. The appropriate level of coverage might be the cost of recruiting and training an adequate replacement. Alternatively, the insurance amount might be the key employee’s annual salary times the number of years a newly hired replacement might take to reach a similar skill level. Finally, you might consider the key employee’s value in terms of company profits; the level of insurance coverage might then be tied to any anticipated profit loss. The premiums you pay for key employee life insurance are not a tax-deductible business expense for

federal income tax purposes, since your business is the recipient of the benefits. Prior to August 16, 2006, the death benefits your company receives as the beneficiary of the policy aren’t considered to be taxable income. But for policies issued after August 16, 2006, proceeds from a life insurance policy insuring the life of an employee and payable to the employer-policy owner may be subject to income tax,

unless an exception applies. Also, if your business is a C corporation, the death benefits may increase the corporation’s liability for the alternative minimum tax. You should consult a tax professional for information on your circumstances. Riding out the hurt--key employee disability insurance The death of a key employee isn’t the only threat to your business. Suppose a

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MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS (retail) In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties. Ranked by Number of Employees. Ties Liteded in Alphabetical Order. Rank Company Name Address

Local Phone Web Address

Year Est.

Number of Local Employees

Services/Specialties

Hours

(800) 511-9744 (ex-9971) activelifemed.com

2008

Wheelchairs, walking aids, incontinence, bathroom safety items Accepts Medi-cal, HPSJ, and other insurances

Monday - Friday 8 am to 5 pm

(209) 465-0300 None

1995

Nebulizers, oxygen concentrators, oxygen supplies, portable oxygen tanks, respirators and durable medical equipment

Monday - Friday 9 am to 5 pm

(209) 823-2337 premiermed.org

2001

Wheelchairs, mobility, bath equipment and galt trainers

Monday - Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm

(209) 938-0833 None

1993

Respiratory equipment service

Monday - Friday 9 am to 5 pm

(209) 552-2244 mobilityplusofca.com

1995

Powerchairs, power scooters, lift/racks, ramps, lift chairs, wheelchairs, bed/bath safety, rehab bracing and pain control items

Monday - Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm

(209) 931-5200 westerndrug.com

1977

Provides a wide array of durable medical equipment, including respiratory and other home medical equipment

Monday - Friday 9 am to 5:30 pm Sat - on call

Active Life Medical 4217 Coronado Avenue, Ste. D Stockton, CA 95204

Butte Therapy Systems 1050 N. Union Street Stockton, CA 95205

Premier Medical 2800 Mitchell Road, Ste. F Ceres, CA 95356

American Med 2216 California Street, Ste. B Stockton, CA 95204

Mobility Plus of California 627 Galaxy Way Modesto, CA 95356

Western Drug Medical Supply 4674 Waterloo Road Stockton, CA 95215

Priority Medical Supply 1504 Colorado Avenue Turlock, CA 95380

(209) 668-8723 None

2002

Power chairs, diabetic shoes, scooters and other medical supplies

Monday - Friday 8 am to 2 pm

Ehlers Health Supply 217 N. Sacramento Street Lodi, CA 95240 611 W. Grider Way Stockton, CA 95210

(209) 334-4407 (209) 476-0812 None

1980

Scooters, lift chairs, wheelchairs, oxygen and more

Monday - Friday 9 am to 5 pm

ATG Rehab Wheelchair Center 3137 Tomahawk Drive Ste. C Stockton, CA 95205

(209) 467-1173 numotion.com

1999

Satellite to Sacramento office, wheelchairs, mobility equipment, bathing and standing aids

By appt. only

Home Med-Equip 1221 E. Orangeburg Avenue, Ste. 6 Modesto, CA 95350

(209) 521-2538 None

1981

Power mobility, lift chairs, wound care products, incontinence supplies and bathroom saftety products

Monday - Friday 9 am to 6 pm Sat 10 am to 3 pm

Reichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medical Supply 350 W. Grant Line Road Tracy, CA 95376

(209) 834-1383 tracymedicalsupply.com

1990

Home health equipment and supplies

Monday - Friday 9 am to 5 pm

1978

Oxygen and sleep therapy, respiratory medications, equipment and sales

Monday - Friday 8 am to 5 pm

Pacific Pulmonary Services 4140 Bangs Avenue, Ste. A Modesto, CA 95356 2666 W. Lane, Ste. A Stockton, CA 95205

(209) 543-8612 (209) 463-1123 ppsc.com

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Conquest Imaging 1815 Industrial Drive, Ste. 100 Stockton, CA 95206 Pacific Medical 1700 N. Chrisman Road Tracy, CA 95304 Pelton Shepherd Industries 812 W. Luce Street, Ste. B Stockton, CA 95203

(209) 942-2654 conquestimaging.com

2002

Ultrasound equipment sales and service

(800) 726-9180 pacmedical.com

1987

Distributor of durable medical equipment, orthotics, and surgical instruments. Specializing in orthopedic rehabilitation, anthroscopic surgery, and sports medicine.

(209) 983-0893 peltonshepherd.com

1950

Gel packs and refrigerants

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If you are a California citizen, you will probably be asked, at some time, to serve on a jury. Do you expect to hear the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? ...Think again! Juror Oath If you serve on a jury, California law requires you to take an oath. You must pledge that you will render your verdict “according only to the evidence presented to you and to the instructions of the court.” This is a fair and reasonable safeguard... as long as defendants are allowed to present relevant evidence during the trial.

Did You Know? In California courtrooms, the current evidence code can block your right to present factual evidence that explains your behavior. In a business setting, an employee who commits criminal acts that cause a dispute in the workplace can sue his/her employer, and a judge can prevent the accused employer from mentioning any details about the illegal actions that caused the dispute (on the grounds that such knowledge would create juror prejudice against the employee).

Because employers could not mention these reasons for the harsh words, this man was able to mislead the jury. He falsely argued that the ultimatum was directed at injury-related absences. The accused employers were unable to reveal the actual causes for the reprimand, because they were not allowed to share the simple truth.

Defendants & Jurors Feel Violated After the trial, four jurors heard the evidence that had been withheld from them, and they signed legal declarations in support of a motion for a new trial. You will find an excerpt of their declaration online at: www.CommitteeForCourtroomJustice.org/ juror-declaration.

Protect the Innocent, or Protect the Criminals? The existing evidence code can be manipulated, allowing lawbreakers and those who commit malicious acts to mislead a jury about the causes that lead to negative reactions or reprimands by others. To protect the innocent, we must change the evidence code by adding a simple statement: “In a civil action, courts cannot exclude evidence solely because it is prejudicial where the evidence is critical to a primary issue in dispute.”

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Escape the phisherman

July 2014

Tips on keeping sensitive financial information secure online, in email The Internet is a vast ocean filled with all sorts of different creatures. Many are harmless, like the bottlenose dolphin, but once in a while you will encounter an aggressive shark. But no matter how powerful or intelligent these creatures are, they still wind up flopping around on the deck of some fisherman’s boat. Why? Because fishermen know what Chad Sublet they’re looking Principal of for and how to Verve Networks capture it. The same can be said about Internet phishers. While operating a small business, Internet phishers are the last thing you want to deal with. They are the greasy, scummy pirates who are looking to loot your company for all it’s worth. They can electronically steal your sensitive information, such as passwords or credit card numbers, through fake emails, pop-up scams, and other “digital lures.” This is generally done through a request for personal information and is often fairly difficult to

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distinguish from the genuine article. But fear not! Here are some tips to avoid Internet phishing scams: Watch where you’re swimming The primary way phishers strike is by email. Always be wary and never reply to emails from senders that you don’t recognize. These emails usually go directly to your spam folder, so be especially careful of anything in this folder. One tool that will act as a life jacket in a sea of spam is an enterprise-level spam security solution from a third party like Reflexion or Spam Soap. It’s a key component for your IT security. If a spam message makes it past your spam folder and lands in your inbox, look for subtle hints, such as lack of customization in signatures, or logos that just plain don’t look right. And never click on links in spam emails. Ever. If you still aren’t sure, carefully mouse over the link and see if it’s going somewhere you’d expect. If the URL looks a little fishy, you are probably being baited. In this case, it’s good to be coy. Venture only into secure waters Not every website on the Internet is secure, but then again, you’re not likely to enter your personal information into every website you visit. Many phishers will try to get you to visit a website that looks like the real deal, but it won’t be encrypted. What this means is that hackers can access any data you input and likely commandeer

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your computer as well. Be very careful not to enter any sensitive information unless the URL is preceded by “https://”, which indicates that the web address is encrypted. Keep your treasure chest to yourself Absolutely, positively, never, ever share your personal information with a stranger, especially over email. Anyone can access that data while it’s en route to its destination. That’s practically biting the line. Even if you’re sending your information to a trusted individual, it’s still a bad idea over email. Data can be compromised, and you don’t want to take that kind of risk. A legitimate company will offer you a better way for you to submit your sensitive information to them, like an encrypted form on their official webpage. Cast your own nets of protection One of the best ways to protect yourself from phishing attacks is to put up your own defenses. Activating an-

tivirus software will help keep your computer and data from being compromised and help halt any attempt at getting to your personal information. However, even the best security solution will fall short if the security measures are bypassed because the PC user is tricked into thinking the message is legitimate. Therefore, the very best thing you can do is to educate yourself and your staff on what phishing scams to specifically look out for. What’s the porpoise (sorry for all the fish puns) of this? It’s good to be vigilant, but there’s nothing quite like a backup plan for when the phishing line sneaks through your defenses. One such plan is to have your data backed up. Resorting to a backed up version of your data is like hitting the reset button after getting caught in a trap (unless they stole your credit card information then you’re just a fish out of water).

Smart ways to use LinkedIn to build your business In life and business, we keep those who provide us with the most value close to us. We live in a world where we can get any information we want at any time. The Internet has given us access to anything we want, when we want it. The problem with the Internet is that there is an abundance of information, and it is hard to decipher the good from the bad. Many of you are on LinkedIn and have struggled to get any value from it. Social networks are full of people, most of which I believe have good intentions, but so many fail at converting social network contacts into anything more than a digital connection. Social networks have dramatically increased the number of people trying to connect with us. This means that we have to scrutinize who we communicate with even more than we would if we were at a networking event. The key to making the most out of LinkedIn is to provide value. Just as with other social networks, there is a share button. That allows you to generate value and distribute it to a large audience for free. The problem with most of us on LinkedIn is that we rarely use that button. That share button is your key to building your audi-

ence and potentially converting some of them to customers. Here are a few suggestions to help you build your audience on LinkedIn: Post Updates This is the simplest form of communication on LinkedIn. A LinkedIn update can contain text, images, links, files or links to videos. LinkedIn is not Facebook; it’s best Jerad Hill that you stay Owner on topic. Save Hill Media Group your cat photos and videos for Facebook. On LinkedIn, you want to provide the same kind of value you would if you were meeting one-on-one with a potential client. Quality over quantity When you are deciding what to post to LinkedIn, make sure it is unique and valuable information. Do your research. Don’t share content that made its

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rounds months ago. Your content needs to be fresh and from your own knowledge of the subject. Unique and timely content will get comments and shares. Curate content As a professional in a certain industry, you probably come across content that is valuable to those who are your potential clients or customers. You can share this content to your LinkedIn contacts through post updates. Some people get carried away with this. Make sure you are sending relevant and timely content that is enlightening. Pro Tip: Make sure you mix in curated content with original content. You don’t want to be that person who shares often but has nothing original to say. Join groups LinkedIn Groups are actually pretty good. You can join a group on just about any topic in an industry. People are often posting questions in those groups that you may be able to answer. Pro Tip: You can find tons of good ideas for posts or articles for your website in LinkedIn Groups. If people are asking the question, you can turn it into content for your website. Fill out your profile I rarely come across a profile

that has been completely filled out. LinkedIn gives you plenty of room to showcase what you have experience in. Use it to your advantage. LinkedIn also uses that content to rank you in LinkedIn People Search. For years, I was the #1 result when you did a People Search for “website designer.” Even today, I still rank high because my profile is filled out and I use industry related terms in my profile. Ask for LinkedIn recommendations Don’t use the LinkedIn method of asking for a recommendation. This method results in an impersonal email from LinkedIn asking for a recommendation. You can easily send out requests to hundred of people and get zero results. The best way to get recommendations from people is to give them a recommendation. Alternatively, you could also email them personally and ask them for the recommendation. Make sure you return the favor. For a sample script, visit this link: http://bit.ly/LinkedInscript Watch the updates feed People have a lot to say on LinkedIn. This gives you an opportunity to comPlease see LINKEDIN Page 40

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Real estate competition lessons from an Olympian Every four years the world is captivated by two major sporting events: the World Cup and the Olympic Games. For 16 years, I competed as an Olympic athlete in track and field (discus) representing our country in three different Olympiads (1996, 2000, 2008). Last year I retired from professional athletics and began a career in commercial real estate. So how did I make the transition? Believe it or not, there are many similarities between life as an Olympian and life as a commercial real estate broker. While one does not need the physical gifts of an Olympian to be successful in business. There are many parallels. Let’s take a look at how the rules of the sports world apply to the business world -- specifically, commercial real estate. Determination Born out of a desire to succeed in whatever you are doing, determination is the foundation of success in sports and in business. It’s hard to measure determination. However, you usually know a tree by its fruit. Determined people are resilient in the face of failure, they are not intimidated by others, and will find a way or make a way to their goal. We see this in the sports world when a team or athlete comes back from certain defeat to win the game. In commercial real estate, determination is

doing whatever is required to close the deal, even if it means driving two hours, then sitting another five hours in a waiting room to get a signature, door knocking local businesses to find the right tenant, or days spent driving markets to identify sites for a retailer. Getting your paycheck When I played high school basketball, I would sometimes do everything perSuzanne Powell fectly, break free NAI of the defense, Benchmark do some fancy ball-handling move, break to a lay-up and then miss the shot. Inevitably, my dad would say “everything but the paycheck, Suzy.” Was my dad being mean? Nope. He was teaching me the truths of sports and business. Congratulations. You did all this hard work, however, without the desired outcome of scoring or getting paid, who cares? The cold hard truth in sports and in business is everyone wants to win and collect a paycheck. In Olympic sports, the actual “pay-

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check” can be pretty small. Metaphorically, the paycheck is the medal, the record, or whatever goal the team or individual has set. In commercial real estate, there is a big difference between a signed listing agreement and a closed escrow. Deals take a long time to procure and a long time to close. And most often they don’t make it over the finish line even after heroic moves. It takes vigilance, focus and expertise to successfully bring a commercial real estate transaction to closing or lease signing. Without these skills, you end up with “everything but the paycheck.” Delayed Gratification We all hate this one … at first. This is the part of mental toughness that deals directly with discipline. The discipline needed to spend copious amounts of time, energy and resources to accomplish a goal. A goal or outcome that may or may not happen. Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan once said, “An Olympian toils in obscurity for a chance to enter the arena and achieve greatness.” Notice the

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word choice of “toil” and “chance” of greatness. Nothing is guaranteed in the sports world. No truer words were ever spoken about commercial real estate! In commercial real estate, you must be willing to exert a lot of time and effort with no guaranteed outcome. Commercial real estate deals usually take months, if not years to materialize, and often apart at the last minute. Developing the mental discipline to work without immediate reward, knowing there are no guarantees will go a long way to actually delivering the results you desire. If you can mentally outlast your opponent, you will win the battle of attrition. Simply put, if I can suffer more than you now, at some point, I will be rewarded for my efforts later … maybe. The roller coaster ride of beginning my new career in commercial real estate has been challenging and rewarding. Yet in many ways my experience as a world class athlete has prepared me with the mental stamina needed to succeed in the business.

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buys a disability insurance policy on the employee, pays the premiums, and is named as the beneficiary. When the employee is disabled, the insurance coverage pays monthly disability benefits to your business. These benefits can equal a certain percentage of the key person’s monthly salary, up to either a maximum monthly limit or 100 percent of that salary. The benefits may be used to pay the operating expenses of the business and to cover the expense of finding a temporary or permanent replacement for the key employee. The policies typically offer elimination periods (i.e., the waiting period between the disability and when the benefits begin) ranging from 30 to 180 days. Depending on the policy, your business may receive the benefits for six to 18 months -- long enough to allow the key employee to return to work or to allow the company to replace the key employee. The policy is normally a non-cancelable contract, guaranteeing the premiums and the coverage amount. A waiver of premi-

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um option can be an important part of these policies. This option provides that, once the elimination period has been satisfied, the insurance company will pay the premiums as long as the disability lasts or until the benefit period ends. Sometimes included in the base disability policy coverage (or available as an optional benefit for an additional premium) is personnel replacement expense coverage that pays for the cost of finding and hiring a replacement for the key employee. Your business will be compensated for actual replacement expenses incurred, including advertising costs, employment agency fees, and the first three months of the new employee’s salary. Michael E. Zeiter is a registered financial representative of and offers securities, investment advisory and financial planning services through MML Investors Services, LLC, Member SIPC. Reach Michael Zeiter at mzeiter@financialguide.com / Web www.zeiterfinancial.com / Direct (209) 613-7210

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ment or add to something somebody posted. People often ask questions and you can answer them right there. Your updates feed consists of people you are already connected to. Make it a point to add some value to the conversations they are having on LinkedIn. The bottom line is that you have to be active on LinkedIn. You are not going to get anything out of LinkedIn by simply having an active profile. Social networks have become more like real

life. We need real interactions to feel something. There has to be value, or we won’t waste our time. I am sure you have just as many requests for your attention as I do. We have to be smart about how we use our time. LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for growing your business if you find a way to add value to the update feeds of your LinkedIn contacts. I would love to connect with you on LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/jeradhill

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Realtors warned about ‘coming soon’ listings

Bringing it home

tain duties on licensees including the duties of care, loyalty, good faith, and honest and fair dealing. An unsatisfied seller could allege that a broker breached one of these duties if the broker did not seek to obtain the highest possible price for his or her client where the client didn’t understand that the marketing of the property might not achieve the highest price. In addition to complying with state li-

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Properties being advertised by a broker, that may or may not be listed, are popping up in our area. They are commonly advertised as “Coming Soon.” Such listings create a little buzz around the neighborhood with the hope that they will lead to an interested buyer. They also allow the listing broker to show the property to potential buyers exclusively and receive a higher commission if a worthy buyer is Eileen Schamber found. President, Lodi The marketing Realtors Association of these properties usually keep the property off the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) which may be a crucial injustice to the seller. Statistics have shown that marketing a property on the MLS gives sellers the most exposure to their homes and will net them the highest price in most cases. As always the seller’s requirements and best interests should drive the decision to market a property as “coming soon” or not. In most cases getting the seller the highest price with the best terms is the goal of any listing. In order to achieve this, the property must be marketed to other agents as well as the public shopping on the Internet. In 2013 more than 90 percent of homebuyers started their search for a home on the Internet, according to the California Association of Realtors. Restricting the marketing of a property to a small network would certainly leave that 90 percent of homebuyers out of the loop and would limit the property’s exposure. It’s important that sellers understand the implications of various ways to market their properties so they can make the best choice that serves their interests. If a broker determines that “coming soon” advertising is in the client’s best interest and confirms the client understands the possible consequences, the broker can avoid possible litigation from an unsatisfied client. In late 2013 the California Association of Realtors amended the Listing Agreement so that sellers would be made aware of the pros and cons of putting property on MLS, and requires sellers to initial a bold box with the information inside. The changes to the listing agreement have helped with the “Coming Soon” listings but have not cured the problem. Some brokers are still putting homes on the market dated two or three weeks out so they can market the property themselves with the hope they can put the property into escrow prior to the on-market date. It is important for sellers to understand their choices and options. A reputable real estate agent should be able to explain these in detail. California’s license laws impose cer-

cense laws, brokers advertising a listed property as “coming soon” must ensure the advertising complies with their local MLS rules. Consumers benefit from MLS listings because those listings help amass numerous factors that can affect a property’s fair market value. MLS information facilitates appraisal preparation, comparative market analyses, and broker price opinions that help consumers ascertain a property’s fair

market value. Sellers often rely upon those valuations when setting listing prices and buyers rely on them when making offers to purchase. These evaluations are especially useful when they include information about comparable properties, including sales prices, days on market, and property conditions. Withholding that market information from the MLS impedes the consumer’s ability to receive useful estimates of value.

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WELLNESS CENTERS In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties. Ranked in Alphabetical Order. Rank

Company Name Address

Anderson Wellness Center 895 E. Main Street Turlock, CA 95380

Body Alchemy 404 W. Pine Street, Ste. 9 Lodi, CA 95240

Crawford Chiropractic, Inc. 2027 W. March Lane, Ste. 1 Stockton, CA 95207

Dubyak Chiropractic 3008 Geer Road Turlock, CA 95382

Evergreen Professional Hypnotherapy 6820 Pacific Avenue Stockton, CA 95207

Family Chiropractic Wellness Center 1341 W. Robinhood Drive, Ste. A-7 Stockton, CA 95207

Health, Healing & Wellness Company 7549 W. Linne Road Tracy, CA 95304

Helping Hands for Health 1019 A Street Tracy, CA 95376

Hill Center for Integrative Medicine 3609 Oakdale Road, Ste. 5 Modesto, CA 95357

Integrative Wellness Center at G Street Suites 1724 G Street Modesto, CA 95354 Massage Envy 5757 Pacific Avenue, A-155 Stockton 95207 2001 McHenry Avenue, Ste. L Modesto, CA 95350 2463 Naglee Road Tracy, CA 95304

Romeo Medical Clinic 1801 Colorado Avenue, Ste. 130 Turlock, CA 95382

Stewart Chiropractic 1420 W. Kettleman Lane, K-1 Lodi, CA 95242

Stockton Acupuncture Clinic 1231 W. Robinhood Drive, Ste. C-3 Stockton, CA 95207

Stockton Back and Neck Pain Center 1502 St. Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plaza, Ste. 4 Stockton, CA 95207

Stockton Family Chiropractic 3020 Pacific Avenue Stockton, CA 95204

Thomas K. Paige, D.C. 1151 W. Robinhood Drive, Ste. B-9 Stockton, CA 95207

TLC Wellness Clinic 702 Porter Avenue, Ste. M Stockton, CA 95207

Wellness Connection at Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Woods 3400 Wagner Heights Road Stockton, CA 95209

Owner/ Manager Phone Web Address

Speciality Services Offered

Dr. Brian J. Anderson (209) 632-1178 Focus is on symptom relief, renewed health and optimal function andersonwellnesscenter.com Leigh Alexander, MSTCM, L.A.C. (209) 333-7795 Classical five element acupuncture bodyalchemyinc.com Brian W. Crawford (209) 474-2252 Chiropractic and posture correction crawfordchiropractic.com Dave and Lisa Dubyak (209) 668-1944 Specific chiropractic adjustments dubyakfamilychiropractic.net Ginny and Frank Lucas (209) 472-0722 Weight control, stop smoking, stress reduction and fear phobias egreen.net

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2007

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1991

Dr. Jeanette Reed Network Spinal Analysis using light taps on the spinal column to release (209) 227-7944 (209) 957-4000 drjetreed.com stored tension and increase the bodies ability to self-correct and heal

1998

Rochelle Lawson Massage, detox therapy, health/wellness coaching, Reiki, yoga classes, (209) 640-3154 healthhealingwellness.com facials, weight loss, and wellness packages

2008

Sharon Gibson, CMT Soft tissue mobilization and rehabilitation from chronic pain, back, (209) 830-1702 and neck injuries. Pre and post natal massage for normal and high risk helpinghandsmassage.net pregnancy. Dr. Brent Hill Bio-identical hormones, IV infusion therapy, chiropractic, colon (209) 551-8888 hydrotherapy, massage therapy, hyperbaric oxygen changer and more hillwellness.com Gina Vance An holistic approach to mind/body wellness, including family and (209) 527-3860 marriage counseling, nutritional advice, organic skin and body care, integrativewellnessmodesto.com massage, hypnosis, and stress and pain management

1992

1986

2005

(209) 478-3689 (209) 529-8080 (209) 839-1919

Massage and facials

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massageenvy.com (209) 216-3333 Wellness and disease prevention, illiness and treatment for urgent care (209) 216-3330 Chronic disease management and wellness programs. Open Sundays Dr. Kevin L. Stewart, D.C. Chiropractic care - specializing in sports injuries, motor vehicle accidents, (209) 368-0619 work injuries, disc injuries, arthritis, failed back surgery, shoulder pain, lower back and neck pain. bestyoucanfeel.com Massage therapy, weight loss, lipo laser, and yoga. John C. Lee, L.A.C., D.M.B. and PH.D (209) 473-7979 Acupuncture and Chinese herbs medicine None Dr. Peter Huber, D.C. (209) 957-6555 Chiropractic treatment for neck and back pain stocktonbackandneckpaincenter.com Dr. Thomas Oliver, DC (209) 466-1234 Chiropractic care for all stocktonfamilychiropractic.com Thomas K. Paige, D.C. Chiropractic care for people injured in auto accidents, weekend warriors, (209) 487-1482 and sports injuries. Affordable programs for everybody. None Dr. Daniel Finck, D.C. Dr. Deborah Finck, D.C. (209) 957-0237 tlcwellnessclinic.com Nancy Shaddy (209) 956-3470 oconnorwoods.com

Chiropractic care, nutrician, hyperbaric chamber and other wellness plans Heated indoor pool and spa Aquatic and land group exercise classess. Fall proof balance and mobility training. Tai Chi

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Manteca Ford gets recognition

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BRIEFS Misasi to head retail banking at F&M Bank LODI – Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California has hired a new executive to oversee its retail banking. Ryan Misasi’s appointment was announced June 12. He worked most recently for Patelco Credit Union where he held a similar position. “As F&M Bank’s Misasi Retail Banking leader, Misasi will oversee and develop the bank’s consumer banking strategy with a focus on enhancing the customer experience through innovative products, services, and technology,” said Kent A. Steinwert, the bank’s chairman, president and CEO. “He is an experienced banking executive whose rich background and positive outlook will support our commitment to deliver a highly personalized and differentiated customer experience. His strong leadership skills will heighten enthusiasm and inspire the F&M team.” At Patelco, Misasi was responsible for the credit union’s multiple retail delivery channels including 41 retail branch locations, call centers, marketing, operations support, corporate real estate, and business development. His 20 years experience also include strategic management positions with Wachovia Bank and World Savings Bank. Steinwert said Misasi’s most important asset is that he understands community banking.

Nominees sought for Ag Hall of Fame The San Joaquin County Agricultural Hall of Fame is taking nominations for outstanding agricultural leaders and mentors. The Hall of Fame is celebrating its

MANTECA – Manteca Ford and Exotic High Line was honored as a 2014 Small Business of the Year by Assemblymember Kristin Olsen during a ceremony June 19. The business, owned by Phil Waterford, was recognized for its contribution to the economy and partnerships with Manteca’s nonprofits. “I am proud to honor Phil for his contribution of good paying jobs, quality service, and his commitment to making Manteca such a great place to live,” Olsen said. “Few people have dedicated as much time and resources to the community as Phil Waterford.” The Small Business of the Year award is given every year in each Assembly and Senate district throughout California to recognize small businesses that are improving the economy and making a difference in their communities. Among Manteca Ford’s community

partnerships is its project with Second Harvest Food Bank to distribute nutritional snacks. Manteca Ford donated $3,000 to the cause, ensuring healthy cookies and shakes would reach hundreds of homes. Phil Waterford is also committed to helping the youth in the 12th Assembly District invest in their futures, Olsen said. After a Lathrop teen returned a wallet with $2,000 cash inside, Waterford rewarded his honesty with a college scholarship and promise of an internship. “I am grateful for the opportunities that I have been granted and truly believe that it is the duty and the privilege of each of us to pass our blessings along to those who need them,” Waterford said. Olsen also honored Manteca Grocery Outlet as the other Small Business of the Year for the 12th Assembly District at a special ceremony in Sacramento earlier in the week.

39th year of honoring individuals who have contributed to the agricultural industry in the region. Each year, awards are given to at least three living recipients, as well as posthumous ones. Individuals chosen for the Hall of Fame with join previous honorees in having their photographs and biographies on display at the San Joaquin Historical Society & Museum in Micke Grove Park and in the lobby of the Robert J. Cabral Ag Center. Nomination forms are available from the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce website, and need to be submitted by Aug. 15 in order to be considered. The induction ceremony will be Oct. 16 at the Robert J. Cabral Ag Center.

we express human kindness to our patients and our community.” In 2013 St. Joseph’s recycled 64 percent of its overall waste stream which was the equivalent of 865.48 tons of recycling. In addition, St. Joseph’s has a partnership with MedShare, which acts as a recycling and distribution center for surplus medical supplies and equipment. To be eligible for the award, a hospital must recycle at least 15 percent of its waste. St. Joseph’s is San Joaquin County’s first “green certified” hospital by Green Team San Joaquin, an environmental program of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce.

St. Joseph’s awarded for recycling program

STOCKTON – St. Joseph’s Medical Center has been recognized for its environmental efforts. The Stockton hospital received the 2014 “Greenhealth Partner for Change” Award from Practice Greenhealth. The organization “empowers its members to increase their efficiencies and environmental stewardship while improving patient safety and care through tools, best practices and knowledge.” “We are extremely proud of the environmental program we’ve been able to establish here at St. Joseph’s,” said Service Area Director of Operations and Support Services John Kendle. “Being mindful of our environment is just another way that

Dignity Health Medical Group opens new clinic STOCKTON – Dignity Health Medical Group has opened a new clinic in Stockton. The new Stockton Care Center is located at 82 E. Harding Way. It is staffed by physicians and support staff. Dr. Maynard Lang, a family practice physician, will be the first physician to begin practicing in the brand new, state of the art, medical office building, the group said. The clinic will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Patients who want more information or schedule an appointment can call (209) 475-5500.

Teacher of the Year is from Sierra High School STOCKTON – Sierra High School’s band teacher has been named San Joaquin County’s Teacher of the Year, the county Office of Education announced June 13. Richard Hammarstrom, Jr. has worked at Sierra High School in Manteca for 16 years and elsewhere in the school district for nine years before that.

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Phil Waterford, owner of Manteca Ford and Exotic High Line, was honored for contributing to Manteca’s economy and supporting nonprofits.

He was lauded for what colleagues call his integrity, compassion, diligence and teamwork. “I have often left his class thinking how fortunate the kids are to have a teacher who gives them every ounce of energy that he has, every day,” said Sierra High School Principal Steve Clark. “The greatest compliment I can give Richard is the hope that my own three children will have teachers who are just as passionate, caring and inspirational as he is.” The Sierra High School marching band performs at football, volleyball and basketball games, and have an impressive travel record in places such as Japan, Hawaii and New York. The band has competed throughout California, including in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Last year, Richard led Sierra High School students in more than 100 events in which they performed or raised money for future performances. Hammarstrom was announced as San Joaquin County’s Teacher of the Year at the 4th Annual San Joaquin County Classified Employee and Teacher of the Year Awards Celebration Dinner, sponsored by the Premier Community Credit Union and San Joaquin County Office of Education. Thanks to Premier Community Credit Union, Richard received $1,000 and the four teacher finalists received $400 each. Hammarstrom’s application will be submitted to the State for consideration as the California Teacher of the Year.

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Graffiti Cruise Route dedicated

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BRIEFS Turlock’s World Grocer donates canned water for emergency storage

TURLOCK – World Grocer of Turlock donated 8,800 gallons of canned emergency drinking water to emergency response storage sites throughout the Central Valley in June. The canned water has a shelf life of more than 30 years and will be used to help emergency victims throughout the region, the American Red Cross said. “Having good quality, clean, drinking water immediately available during an emergency is priceless,” said Debby Dailey, lead Red Cross Nursing Volunteer for a recent Red Cross deployment in California. The drought has increased the need to store water for emergencies, especially small towns rely on well water which is drying out, the American Red Cross said. Red Cross volunteers with help from the Stockton based non-profit Bread of Life, who has donated their truck to help transport the water, have mobilized quickly to assure ready access to the emergency drinking water for communities in the Central Valley Region.

Gallo awarded for sustainability program MODESTO – E. & J. Gallo Winery has been recognized for its sustainability program, which maximizes it energy and water management. The company received the Corpo-

MODESTO – Modesto, the city where the movie “American Graffiti” was set, officially dedicated the cruise route director George Lucas and his friends used to drive in the ’50s and ’60s during a ceremony at 10th Street Plaza on June 4. The Walk of Fame was officially dedicated as well. This year’s inductees as “Legends of the Cruise” were Leroy Applequist, Bart Bartoni. Chuck Billington, Pete Hischier and Terry McGrath joined previous inductees Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Paul LeMat, Wendy Lucas, Gene Winfield and

George Lucas. Their markers can be seen downtown on 10th Street. The cruise route is the brainchild of Modesto businessman Chris Murphy to commemorate the California cultural tradition of cruising. The route features the markers and information kiosks that explain the history of cruising in Modesto. Murphy hopes to make it a tourist attraction.

rate Social Responsibility Award from the Procurement Leaders, a global network serving procurement and supply chain executives representing more than 650 major corporations, Gallo said. “We are honored to be recognized for our contributions towards more responsible energy usage,” said E. & J. Gallo Winery Vice President of Global Sourcing Rob Donoho. “Being a family-owned company, we have a long legacy of sustainable practices, from our vineyard operations through production and distribution of our products.” According to Gallo, the winery has reduced its energy consumption by 10 percent in recent years while supporting substantial increases in sales volume. The company credits collaboration among operations, engineering and finance within Gallo along with outside partnerships with key energy providers. Since 2010, Gallo has installed 2.1 megawatts of energy production through solar installations and waste recovery programs.

cost $11.5 million and will make repositioning and moving patients easier, safer and less strenuous for caregivers. In the Sutter-affiliated hospitals that have already installed the lifts, employee injuries from lifting and repositioning patients have dropped by more than 50 percent since 2011, Sutter Health said.

Sutter Health invests in patient safety equipment

In an effort to increase patient and employee safety, Sutter Health will install patient lifts at 19 intensive care units and acute rehabilitation centers across its Northern California network, including Memorial Medical Center in Modesto. “The decision to invest in overhead patient lifts helps us provide a safe work environment for employees,” said Dan Perrot, Sutter Health’s director of Employee Health and Safety. “We value our employees and want them to have long, productive careers. The investment also reflects our concern and compassion for our patients.” The company said the project will

American Graffiti actress Candy Clark (with Bo Hopkins and Chris Murphy) addresses the crowd as she is inducted as a “Legend of the Cruise.”

Stanislaus County Fair to provide recharging station TURLOCK – If you find your smartphone battery running low and you still want to snap some selfies at the Stanislaus County Fair, you’ll be in luck. You can recharge your mobile devices at the ReCharge Modesto Toyota Lounge. “We wanted to bring convenience and ease to our guests by providing a charging station that would allow them to not only relax in the lounge but charge their phones,” said Adrenna Alkhas, spokeswoman for the Stanislaus County Fair. “Now you will be able to capture all the Fair’s greatest moments and not have to worry about a low battery.” You can find the recharge lounge in concessions row across from the Bud Light Variety Free Stage concert area. You won’t be able to bring food or alcohol into the lounge, but you can relax a little while you recharge your batteries. Modesto Toyota is sponsoring the lounge, which will be open daily during the fair from 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. on weekdays and noon - 11 p.m. on weekends. The 2014 Stanislaus County Fair opens Friday, July 11 for a 10-day run. Discounted Fair admission tickets, unlimited ride wristbands, and the Fair season pass are now on sale.

Library expands electronic offerings Stanislaus County Library is expanding its selection of electronic materials. Its collection of eBooks now includes those for children.

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The library also provides online access to local newspapers through a subscription to NewsBank. In addition, the library customers can now access 51 digital magazines 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through the library’s subscription to Zinio. Magazines are free to customers, who have the option of downloading the magazine to a mobile device or tablet, or streaming it online to a computer. There is no limit to the number of magazines that may be checked out, and customers may keep the digital magazines for as long as they like. More information on these free services is available online at www.stanislauslibrary.org.

Modesto Grand Prix volunteers needed

MODESTO – The city of Modesto is looking for volunteers to help during its grand prix kart races in August. The city has put out the call for the more than 500 volunteers who will be needed for the 2014 Pro Tour Summer Nationals presented by Superkarts! USA (SKUSA) August 1-3. “Just as we couldn’t have a race without the participation of the drivers and teams from around the nation, we simply could not operate this event without the support of volunteers who will help make this race a reality,” said Mary Otten, deputy director of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods. “Being involved in the race as a volunteer allows community members to experience this exhilarating sport first-hand, which is truly a one-of-akind experience.” Anyone interested in volunteering can sign-up online for positions at www.modestogp.com/volunteers. Opportunities include working on the setup crew, clean up crew, hospitality, parking, runners, tickets/gates and volunteer check-in.

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whenever a developed unit was sold. In 2004, Allen received a final installment payment from Clarum and was issued a Form 1099-Misc. In his deposition, he testified that when he received a distribution from Clarum in the years before 2004, he reported it as “other income.” However, in his declaration, he said that his deposition testimony was wrong and that the distributions were reported as long term capital gain. During the trial, nobody submitted copies of the tax returns during the years in question. Allen filed his 2004 tax return late in 2007 and did not originally report the $63,662 payment from Clarum. In his amended return, filed in September 2008, the taxpayer reported the $63,662 and characterized it as both a long term capital gain resulting from the sale of a partnership interest in Clarum and as “other income.” In rendering its motion for summary judgment decision, the court analyzed

the cases and factors dealing with capital assets with special attention to the rule that a capital asset is “property held by the taxpayer” except for “property held by the taxpayer primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his trade or business.” In determining whether property is held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business, the court looked at five factors: (i) the nature of the acquisition of the property; (ii) the frequency and continuity of sales over an extended period of time; (iii) the nature and extent of the taxpayer’s business; (iv) the activity of the seller with respect to the property; and (v) the extent and substantiality of the transaction. The court in this case found that “the evidence is compelling that Allen intended to develop the property when he purchased it and that he undertook substantial efforts to develop it during

the time that he owned it.” In rejecting Allen’s argument that his intent in owning the property changed over time from development to holding for investment, the court stated that “Allen makes no showing of when, how or why his intent changed.” The court also rejected Allen’s argument that he could not have been engaged in the sale of property in the ordinary course of business because he only held one piece of property. The court stated that the “one-bite” rule that a taxpayer who engaged only in one venture or one sale cannot under any circumstances be held to be in a trade or business as to that venture or sale was rejected citing. The fact that Allen had owned the property for 12 years before it was sold, shows how important proper planning, documentation, and advice is when dealing with the sale of real property and attempting to obtain the

favored capital gain treatment. Proper planning, documentation, and advice are necessary at the time of acquisition of property, while development activities are considered to be undertaken when the property is sold, when the transaction is reported for tax purposes, and when the IRS or Franchise Tax Board comes knocking to inquire into the transaction. Given the disparity between the capital gains tax rates and ordinary income tax rates, you can expect the IRS to be more aggressive in these cases, especially in light of this case. Be careful out there. - Jason W. Harrel is a partner at Calone & Harrel Law Group, LLP who concentrates his practice in all manners of taxation, real estate transactions, corporate, partnership and limited liability company law matters. He is a certified specialist in taxation. Mr. Harrel may be reached at 209-952-4545 or jwh@caloneandharrel.com

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